| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第8-24页 |
| ·The introduction of grammaticalization | 第8-12页 |
| ·The definition of grammaticalization and manifested levels | 第8-11页 |
| ·Emphatic points and tendency of recent researches on grammaticalization | 第11-12页 |
| ·The characteristics,mechanisms and motivations | 第12-18页 |
| ·Typical characteristics | 第13-16页 |
| ·Unidirectionality | 第13-15页 |
| ·Abstraction and specification | 第15-16页 |
| ·The mechanisms and motivations | 第16-18页 |
| ·The historical review of grammaticalization | 第18-20页 |
| ·Objectives and significance of this thesis | 第20-24页 |
| ·Objectives and significance | 第20-21页 |
| ·Rationale of this thesis | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Sociolinguistics | 第22-23页 |
| ·Syntax | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter two Synchronic study of"gei"and"give" | 第24-35页 |
| ·Multi-functions of Chinese"gei" | 第24-29页 |
| ·"gei"used as causative verb | 第25-26页 |
| ·"gei"used as disposal marker | 第26-27页 |
| ·"gei"used as passive marker | 第27-28页 |
| ·"gei"used before the predicate in disposal and passive structures | 第28-29页 |
| ·Discussion on"give"sentence structures | 第29-32页 |
| ·The common places of"gei"and"give" | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter three Grammaticalization of both "gei"and"give" | 第35-60页 |
| ·The grammaticalization of"gei" | 第35-44页 |
| ·From ditransitive construction to serial verb construction | 第35-37页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of"gei"into a disposal marker | 第37-39页 |
| ·grammaticalization of"gei"into passive marker | 第39-41页 |
| ·grammaticalization of"gei"into benefactive marker | 第41-44页 |
| ·The grammaticalization of"give" | 第44-54页 |
| ·"give"in its ditransitive construction | 第44-47页 |
| ·"give+a/an+verb"structure | 第47-52页 |
| ·The grammaticalizaiton of"give" | 第52-54页 |
| ·motivations behind the grammaticalization of "gei" and "give" | 第54-60页 |
| ·Syntactic and semantic motivations | 第54-56页 |
| ·Pragmatic motivations | 第56-60页 |
| Chapter four Contrastive study on the grammaticalization of"gei"and"give" | 第60-68页 |
| ·Contrastive study on grammaticalization degree of"gei"and"give" | 第60-62页 |
| ·The differences between the grammaticalization of"gei"and"give" | 第62-64页 |
| ·The difference between these two benefactive markers | 第62-63页 |
| ·Contrastive study on syntactic constructions of"gei"and"give" | 第63-64页 |
| ·Serial verb construction of Chinese"gei" | 第63-64页 |
| ·Periphrastic form of English"give" | 第64页 |
| ·Further discussion on the reasons for their differences | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter five Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implication | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-73页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第73页 |
