| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Introduction to the Issue of Classifications of the Object Alternations in Mandarin | 第14-30页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·An Overview of Researches on Object Classifications of Alternations in Mandrin | 第14-30页 |
| ·Classifications from Chinese Verb Usage Dictionary | 第14-21页 |
| ·Inadequacies of the Classifications of Chinese Verb Usage Dictionary | 第21页 |
| ·Research Done by Xing Fuyi and Guo Jimao from Pragmatic Point of View | 第21-24页 |
| ·Inadequacies of Xing Fuyi’s Research and Guo Jimao’s Research | 第24页 |
| ·Research Done by Feng Shengli, Gao Yunli and Fang Yan from Syntax Point of View | 第24-27页 |
| ·Inadequacies of Feng Shengli’s Research and Gao Yunli and Fang Yan’s Research | 第27页 |
| ·Research Done by Wang Zhanhua and Ren Ying from Cognitive Point of View | 第27-28页 |
| ·Inadequacies of Wang Zhanhua’s Research and Ren Ying’s Research | 第28页 |
| ·Research Done by Kang Shiyong | 第28-29页 |
| ·Inadequacies of Kang Shiyong’s Research | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Introduction to Metonymy | 第30-44页 |
| ·Historical and Traditional View of Metonymy | 第30页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Metonymy | 第30-43页 |
| ·Introduction to Metonymy | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metonymy working in Idealized Cognitive Model (ICM) | 第31-36页 |
| ·Metonymy and Contiguity | 第36-38页 |
| ·Metonymy and Prominence | 第38-40页 |
| ·Metonymy and Prototype Theory | 第40-42页 |
| ·Metonymy and Construal and Perspectivization | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Explanations for Object Alternations in Mandarin | 第44-76页 |
| ·Focus Position and Prototypical Object | 第44-45页 |
| ·Object Alternations in ICMs | 第45-76页 |
| ·Result Object | 第46-51页 |
| ·Dui Xiang Object | 第51-52页 |
| ·Instrument Object and Manner Object | 第52-56页 |
| ·Agent Object | 第56-63页 |
| ·Motivation Object | 第63-69页 |
| ·Numeral-Quantifier Object | 第69-73页 |
| ·Zalei Object | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| References | 第79-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix A （攻读学位期间所发表的学术论文目录） | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix B 《动词用法词典》序 | 第88-96页 |
| Appendix C 转喻与汉语宾语转换 | 第96-100页 |
