| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Objective and Significance of This Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Organization of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Studies in Traditional Grammar | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies in Pragmatics | 第16-20页 |
| ·Studies in Cognitive Grammar | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第24-33页 |
| ·The Theory of Categorization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Categories | 第25-27页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第26页 |
| ·Fuzzy Nature of Grammatical Categories | 第26-27页 |
| ·Subcategorization | 第27-32页 |
| ·The Concept of Subcategorization | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Function of Subcategorization | 第28-29页 |
| ·Two Characteristics of Subcategorization | 第29-31页 |
| ·Suggesting the Existence of Contrastive Subcategories | 第29-30页 |
| ·Taking an Attribute as the Reference Point | 第30-31页 |
| ·Subcategories and Their Linguistic Representation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 4 The Categorial Status of APPs | 第33-40页 |
| ·The Fuzzy Nature of the Past Participle Category | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Categorial Status of APPs | 第35-39页 |
| ·APPs in the Verb Category | 第35-37页 |
| ·Features of the Verb Category | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Categorial Status of APPs in the Verb Category | 第36-37页 |
| ·APPs in the Adjective Category | 第37-39页 |
| ·Features of the Adjective Category | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Categorial Status of APPs in the Adjective Category | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 5 A Subcategorization Account of the Use of APPs in English NPs | 第40-53页 |
| ·The Cognitive Function of Premodifiers | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Cognitive Function of Premodifiers: Subcategorization | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Subcategorization as the Cognitive Function of Premodifiers | 第41-43页 |
| ·A Subcategorization Account of the Use of APPs | 第43-52页 |
| ·Past Participles That Can be Used as APPs | 第43-51页 |
| ·Past Participles That Can be Used as APPs Compared with Those That Can Not | 第43-46页 |
| ·Single-word Past Participles That Can be Used as APPs | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Past Participles with Modifiers or Prefixes | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Past Participles Used in Different Collocations | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Influence of the Social Development on the Uses of APPs | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implication for English Teaching | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestion for Further Study | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60页 |
