| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Research Questions of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Expectation | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 Research Significance | 第18-19页 |
| 1.6 Outline of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON PHRASAL VERBS | 第21-37页 |
| 2.1 Definition and Delimitation of Phrasal Verbs | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Main Features of Phrasal Verbs | 第22-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Typological Features | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Syntactic Features | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.3 Pragmatic Features | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.4 Semantic Features | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3 Avoidance of Using Phrasal Verbs in Second Language Acquisition | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4 Role of Particles in Phrasal Verbs | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5 Cognitive Analysis of Particles | 第31-33页 |
| 2.6 Representation of Phrasal Verbs in Dictionaries | 第33-34页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第34-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SEMANTIC CONTRIBUTION OF UP AND DOWN TO PVS | 第37-51页 |
| 3.1 Choice of Corpus | 第37页 |
| 3.2 Frequency of Phrasal Verbs | 第37-39页 |
| 3.3 Semantic Categorization and Particle Analysis of UP-PVs | 第39-45页 |
| 3.3.1 Semantic Categorization of SET UP | 第39-41页 |
| 3.3.2 Semantic Contribution of UP to SET UP | 第41-43页 |
| 3.3.3 Semantic Contribution of UP to UP-PVs | 第43-45页 |
| 3.4 Semantic Categorization and Particle Analysis of DOWN-PVs | 第45-50页 |
| 3.4.1 Semantic Categorization of GO DOWN | 第45-47页 |
| 3.4.2 Semantic Contribution of DOWN to GO DOWN | 第47-49页 |
| 3.4.3 Semantic Contribution of DOWN to DOWN-PVs | 第49-50页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第50-51页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR COGNITIVE LINKS OF UP- AND DOWN-PVS | 第51-69页 |
| 4.1 Theoretical Foundation | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 Presentation of UP in Image Schemas | 第53-60页 |
| 4.3 Presentation of DOWN in Image Schemas | 第60-65页 |
| 4.4 Connection Between UP- and DOWN-PVs | 第65-67页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第67-69页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE IMPROVED DEFINITION PATTERNS OF UP-PVS AND DOWN-PVS BASED ON CURRENT DICTIONARIES | 第69-81页 |
| 5.1 Dictionaries Involved | 第69页 |
| 5.2 Definitions of PVs Represented in Big Five | 第69-72页 |
| 5.3 Guiding Principles for Representing Definitions of PVs | 第72-73页 |
| 5.4 Improved Definition Patterns of UP- and Down-PVs | 第73-79页 |
| 5.4.1 Representation of UP-PVs | 第75-77页 |
| 5.4.2 Representation of DOWN-PVs | 第77-79页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第79-81页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第81-85页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第81-82页 |
| 6.2 Significance of the Present Study | 第82页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第82-85页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第85-95页 |
| APPENDICES | 第95-108页 |
| Appendix A Analysis of 10 Most Frequent UP-PVs | 第95-100页 |
| Appendix B Analysis of 10 Most Frequent DOWN-PVs | 第100-105页 |
| Appendix C Definitions of MAKE UP in the Big Five | 第105-108页 |
