| Acknowledgements | 第4-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Current Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Methodology and Data Collection | 第15页 |
| 1.5 The Overall Arrangement of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-24页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Verb Reduplication | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on "kan" | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2.1 The Meaning and Usage of "kan" | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 The Grammaticalization of "kan" | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-37页 |
| 3.1 Construction Grammar | 第24-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Introduction to Construction Grammar | 第24-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Basic Tenets of Construction Approach | 第28页 |
| 3.1.3 Methodology for Construction Grammar Research | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Conceptual Integration Theory | 第29-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Introduction | 第29页 |
| 3.2.2 The Network Model of Conceptual Integration | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.2.1 Four-space Model | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.2.2 The Operations in the Blend | 第31页 |
| 3.2.3 The Development of Conceptual Integration Theory in the Study of Chinese | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.4 The Effects of Conceptual Integration | 第33页 |
| 3.3 Constructionalization | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.1 Introduction to Constructionalization | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Constructionalization and Constructional Changes | 第35页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four A Constructional Approach to the Structure "VV+kan" | 第37-56页 |
| 4.1 "VV+kan" as a Construction | 第37-39页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of the Components of "VV+kan" Construction | 第39-44页 |
| 4.2.1 "kan" as the Constant in the Construction | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 "V" as the Variable in the Construction | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Introduction about the Classification of Verb in Chinese | 第41页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Selective Restrictions on the Verb | 第41-44页 |
| 4.3 Syntactic Features of the Construction "VV+kan" | 第44-49页 |
| 4.3.1 Syntactic Role of Construction "VV+kan" | 第44页 |
| 4.3.2 Type of Sentences Containing the Construction "VV+kan" | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3.3 Conocation of the Construction "VV+kan" | 第45-49页 |
| 4.3.3.1 The Tense Markers | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3.3.2 The Object of Construction "VV+kan" | 第46-47页 |
| 4.3.3.3 Other Coexistence Components of Construction "VV+kan" | 第47-49页 |
| 4.4 Constructional Meaning of Construction "VV+kan" | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4.1 The Constructional Meaning of "VV+kan"1 | 第49-50页 |
| 4.4.2 The Constructional Meaning of "VV+kan"2 | 第50-51页 |
| 4.5 Pragmatic Analysis of Construction "VV+kan" | 第51-53页 |
| 4.6 The Variants of "试试看" | 第53-55页 |
| 4.7 Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Constructionalization of "VV+kan" | 第56-65页 |
| 5.1 The Integration of "VV+kan" | 第56-58页 |
| 5.2 An Analysis of "VV+kan" on its Syntactic and Semantic Changes | 第58-61页 |
| 5.2.1 Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of "VV,kan+X" | 第58-59页 |
| 5.2.2 Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of the construction "VV+kan" | 第59-61页 |
| 5.3 The Influences of Integration on the Constructionalization of "VV+kan" | 第61-64页 |
| 5.3.1 Productivity | 第61-63页 |
| 5.3.2 Schematicity | 第63页 |
| 5.3.3 Compositionality | 第63-64页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第65-67页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Present Research | 第67页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Present Research | 第67-68页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for Further Research | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix Corpus from Center for Chinese Linguistics (CCL) | 第73-107页 |
