| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Traditional Studies on Deixis | 第16-28页 |
| ·Main Contributions Made by Philosophers and Linguists | 第16-18页 |
| ·General Description of Deixis | 第18-26页 |
| ·Characteristics of Deixis | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definition of Deixis | 第21-22页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Deixis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Classification of Deixis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Usages of Deixis | 第24-26页 |
| ·Main Problems in the Traditional Studies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Lack of Nature-based Definition | 第26页 |
| ·Deictic Projection | 第26-27页 |
| ·Vague Relations between Categories of Deixis | 第27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Cognitive Approaches to Deixis | 第28-47页 |
| ·Introduction: Epistemic Basis of Deixis | 第28-29页 |
| ·Epistemic Grounding | 第29-34页 |
| ·Grounding Elements and Their Deictic Nature | 第29-30页 |
| ·Types of Deictic Expressions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivations of Deictic Expressions | 第31-34页 |
| ·Mental Spaces | 第34-40页 |
| ·Basic Ideas of Mental Spaces | 第34-36页 |
| ·Application of Mental Spaces in the Study of Deixis | 第36-40页 |
| ·Vantage Point and Field of Vision | 第40-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Toward a Cognitive Model of Deixis | 第47-64页 |
| ·Introduction: a Model Based on Situation and Cognition | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivations for the Model | 第49-57页 |
| ·Viewpoint and Viewpoint Shift | 第49-52页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第52-55页 |
| ·Epistemic Models | 第55-57页 |
| ·Structure of the Model | 第57-62页 |
| ·A Three-axis Coordinate System | 第57-61页 |
| ·S-axis | 第58-59页 |
| ·T-axis | 第59-60页 |
| ·M-axis | 第60页 |
| ·Origin: a Peripersonal Space | 第60-61页 |
| ·Vector and Vector Space | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Semantic Configuration of Deixis in the Model | 第64-100页 |
| ·Person Deixis | 第64-72页 |
| ·Person Deixis on the Space Axis | 第64-68页 |
| ·Deictic Projection between Persons | 第68-72页 |
| ·Space Deixis | 第72-80页 |
| ·Proximal/distal Relation on the Space Axis | 第72-74页 |
| ·Verbs of Motion | 第74-79页 |
| ·Prepositions with Deictic Use | 第79-80页 |
| ·Time Deixis | 第80-90页 |
| ·Time Deictic Terms | 第80-82页 |
| ·Tense | 第82-90页 |
| ·Traditional Studies of Tense | 第82-85页 |
| ·Cognitive Interpretation of Tense | 第85-90页 |
| ·Modal Deixis | 第90-98页 |
| ·Degrees of Epistemic Distance | 第90-94页 |
| ·Real Conditions and Unreal Conditions | 第94-98页 |
| ·Summary | 第98-100页 |
| Chapter 6 Reconsideration of Deixis from the Perspective of Cognition | 第100-114页 |
| ·Definition and Semantic Features | 第100-104页 |
| ·Subjectivity and Grammatical Features | 第104-109页 |
| ·Deixis as a System and Its Model Structure | 第109-113页 |
| ·Summary | 第113-114页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions | 第114-120页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第114-116页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第116-118页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第118-120页 |
| Bibliography | 第120-127页 |
