| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Motivation and Significance | 第14-16页 |
| ·Scope and Objective | 第16-17页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第17页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the English PC | 第19-32页 |
| ·Traditional Grammar Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·Transformational Generative Grammar Approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·Systemic Functional Grammar Approach | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics Approach | 第25-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammar Perspective | 第26-27页 |
| ·Aspectual Coercion Perspective | 第27-31页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Perspective | 第31-32页 |
| ·Limitations of the Previous Studies | 第32-33页 |
| ·Theoretical Limitations | 第32-33页 |
| ·Methodological Limitations | 第33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: MCI~+ | 第34-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework: MCI~+ | 第34-57页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第34-49页 |
| ·Construction Coercion Views and Their Limits | 第37-42页 |
| ·Lexical Coercion for the Limits of Construction Coercion | 第42-46页 |
| ·Goldberg’s Construction Inheritance and Its Limits | 第46-49页 |
| ·MCI~+ for the Gaps: The Establishment of MCI~+ | 第49-57页 |
| ·Rationale for Establishing MCI~+ | 第49-52页 |
| ·Mechanism of MCI~+ | 第52-55页 |
| ·Research Domain of MCI~+ | 第55-57页 |
| ·The Explanatory Power of MCI~+ | 第57-62页 |
| ·MCI~+ for the Interaction between Lexical Items and Construction | 第57-59页 |
| ·MCI~+ for the Interaction among Constructions | 第59-61页 |
| ·MCI~+ for the Interaction among Lexical Items | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第63-106页 |
| ·Introduction | 第63页 |
| ·Data Description of PC | 第63-79页 |
| ·Data Collection and Delimitation | 第63-66页 |
| ·Verb Classification and Distribution in PC | 第66-73页 |
| ·Adverbial Classification and Distribution in PC | 第73-75页 |
| ·Time Adverbial Distribution in PC | 第75-79页 |
| ·The Application of MCI+ for the Analysis of PC | 第79-104页 |
| ·Analysis of Syntactic Features | 第79-85页 |
| ·The Procedural Construction Network of PC | 第79-80页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Each Element in the Procedural Construction Network | 第80-85页 |
| ·Analysis of Semantic Features | 第85-102页 |
| ·Construction Polysemy and the Primary Sense of PC | 第85-89页 |
| ·An MCI~+ Analysis of PC and Verbs | 第89-96页 |
| ·AN MCI~+ Analysis of PC and TA | 第96-101页 |
| ·An MCI~+ Analysis of PeC, PrC and PC | 第101-102页 |
| ·Analysis of Pragmatic Features | 第102-104页 |
| ·Time Deixis of PC | 第102-103页 |
| ·Rhetoric Functions of PC | 第103页 |
| ·Subjective Interpretation of PC | 第103-104页 |
| ·Summary | 第104-106页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第106-108页 |
| ·Significance and Contributions | 第106页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第106-108页 |
| References | 第108-114页 |
| Appendix A: Verb Classification and Distribution in PC | 第114-143页 |
| Appendix B: Adverbials in PC | 第143-147页 |
