| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·General Introduction to the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-24页 |
| ·Motion Event Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies of English Motion Event | 第18-20页 |
| ·Studies of Chinese Motion Event | 第20-21页 |
| ·Contrastive studies of English and Chinese Coding of Motion Events | 第21-22页 |
| ·Originality of the Research | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第24-28页 |
| ·Research questions | 第24页 |
| ·Data collection | 第24-25页 |
| ·Procedures for analysis | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第28-73页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第28-60页 |
| ·The Coding of English Motion Events | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Coding of Chinese Motion Events | 第31页 |
| ·The Translation of English Motion Verbs | 第31-60页 |
| ·Discussion | 第60-72页 |
| ·A Comparison between Chinese and English Motion Verbs | 第60-66页 |
| ·The Strategies in English-Chinese Translation of Motion Verbs | 第66-72页 |
| ·Summary and Special Cases in the Data Analysis | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第73-76页 |
| ·Summary of Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| ·The Characteristics of English and Chinese Motion Events Coding | 第73页 |
| ·The Using of the Strategies of Translation between English and ChineseMotion Event | 第73-74页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and suggestions for further Study | 第75-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-78页 |
| Publications | 第78页 |
