| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter one:Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two:Literature Review | 第18-23页 |
| ·The Grammatical Perspective Study of Denominal Verbs | 第18页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Perspective Study of Denominal Verbs | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Cognitive Perspective Study of Denominal Verbs | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Comparative Perspective Study of Denominal Verbs | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Limitations of Previous Studies | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three:Data Collection and Processing | 第23-32页 |
| ·About the Tools Used in Data Collection-LDEC and BNC | 第23-24页 |
| ·About the LDEC | 第23页 |
| ·About the BNC | 第23-24页 |
| ·About the Establishment of Denominal Verb Bank | 第24-31页 |
| ·About the POS Tagging of the BNC | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four:Distribution Characteristics of Denominal Verbs | 第32-41页 |
| ·General Description of Denominal Verbs | 第32-33页 |
| ·Frequency Distributions of Denominal Verbs in Different Texts | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Spoken English | 第33-35页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Fiction | 第35页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Magazine | 第35-36页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Newspaper | 第36-37页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Academic | 第37-38页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Denominal Verbs in Non-academic | 第38页 |
| ·Frequency Distributions of Denominal Verbs in Misc | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Distribution of Parent Nouns and Denominal Verbs | 第39-41页 |
| ·Parent Nouns | 第39-40页 |
| ·Denominal Verbs | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Five:A Cognitive-functional Study of Noun-verb Conversion | 第41-52页 |
| ·A cognitive-functional analysis of noun-verb conversion | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory of Categorization and Cross Categorization | 第42-44页 |
| ·Metaphor—Working Mechanism | 第44-47页 |
| ·Context | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter Six:Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| ·Major Findings of This Dissertation | 第52页 |
| ·The Limitations of This Study and Suggestions | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix 1:Tag Name | 第56-61页 |
| Appendix 2:Sub-genre | 第61-63页 |
