| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·The necessity of this study | 第14-17页 |
| ·The aims and hypotheses of this study | 第17页 |
| ·The methodology of this study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The layout of the paper | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-31页 |
| ·The generative approach | 第19-25页 |
| ·The systemic-functional approach | 第25-27页 |
| ·The cognitive approach | 第27-29页 |
| ·An overview on comparative studies of English and Chinese existential sentences | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Rationale for the Study | 第31-54页 |
| ·Construction and Construction Grammar | 第31-34页 |
| ·The concept of construction | 第31-33页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第33-34页 |
| ·Structure and meaning in construction | 第34-38页 |
| ·Structural properties of construction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Semantic properties of construction | 第35-38页 |
| ·The interaction between verbs and constructions | 第38-44页 |
| ·Participant roles of verbs | 第38-39页 |
| ·Argument roles of constructions | 第39-40页 |
| ·The fusion of roles of verbs and roles of constructions | 第40-44页 |
| ·Relationships among constructions | 第44-52页 |
| ·The principle of no synonymy | 第45页 |
| ·The category and prototype effect | 第45-47页 |
| ·Inheritance links | 第47-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 4 English and Chinese Existentials as Constructions | 第54-80页 |
| ·Existential sentences as constructions | 第54-63页 |
| ·English existential sentence as a construction | 第55-59页 |
| ·Chinese existential sentence as a construction | 第59-63页 |
| ·Verbs and constructions | 第63-74页 |
| ·Verbs and English existential construction | 第63-69页 |
| ·Verbs and Chinese existential construction | 第69-74页 |
| ·Semantic constraints of English and Chinese existential construction | 第74-77页 |
| ·Constraints on postverbal NP in English existential constructi | 第75-76页 |
| ·Constraints on postverbal NP in Chinese existential constructi | 第76-77页 |
| ·Similarities and differences between English and Chinese existential constructions | 第77-79页 |
| ·Similarities between English and Chinese existential constructions | 第77-78页 |
| ·Differences between English and Chinese existential constructions | 第78-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-80页 |
| Chapter 5 Relationships between Existential Construction and Other Constructions in both English and Chinese | 第80-106页 |
| ·English existential construction and other constructions | 第81-89页 |
| ·Chinese existential construction and other constructions | 第89-101页 |
| ·A comparison between the two relationships | 第101-106页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第106-110页 |
| ·Major findings | 第106-109页 |
| ·The implications and limitations of the study | 第109-110页 |
| References | 第110-116页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: English Examples in This Thesis | 第116-119页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Chinese Examples in This Thesis | 第119-121页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第121-122页 |
| 作者简介 | 第122页 |
