| Acknowledgements | 第1-12页 |
| Abstract | 第12-14页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-22页 |
| ·The statement of the problem | 第17-18页 |
| ·The goal and scope of the study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第19-20页 |
| ·The organization of the study | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Intensifiers | 第22-60页 |
| ·Intensifiers:a generalization | 第22-34页 |
| ·Different readings of intensifiers | 第22-25页 |
| ·Intensifier:a lexico-grammatical category | 第25-28页 |
| ·Peculiarities in intensifiers | 第28-33页 |
| ·Rise and fall of intensifiers | 第33-34页 |
| ·Adverbial intensifiers | 第34-42页 |
| ·Classification of adverbs in English | 第34-35页 |
| ·Criterial features of intensifiers on the adverbial level | 第35-38页 |
| ·Classification of adverbial intensifiers | 第38-42页 |
| ·Morphological classification | 第38页 |
| ·Semantic classification | 第38-39页 |
| ·Syntactic classification | 第39-42页 |
| ·Deadjectival intensifiers | 第42-55页 |
| ·Adverbialization by-ly suffixation in intensifiers | 第42-44页 |
| ·Polysemy and homomorphy of DIs | 第44-46页 |
| ·Prototypical vs.non-prototypical DIs | 第46-55页 |
| ·Prototypical Dis:idiosyncrasies | 第47-52页 |
| ·Non-prototypical DIs:a classification | 第52-55页 |
| ·Previous studies on the grammaticalization and subjectification of intensifiers | 第55-58页 |
| ·Previuous devotions to the grammaticalization of intensifiers | 第55-56页 |
| ·Previous devotions to the subjectification of intensifiers | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Three Subjectivity and Subjectification | 第60-86页 |
| ·An overview of subjectivity and subjectification | 第60-69页 |
| ·Historical development of subjectivity | 第60-62页 |
| ·Basics of subjectivity and subjectification | 第62-65页 |
| ·Definition | 第62-64页 |
| ·"Subject" in relation to subjectivity | 第64页 |
| ·Ubiquity of subjectivity in language | 第64-65页 |
| ·Subjectification vs.desubjectification | 第65-67页 |
| ·Intersubjectivity | 第67-69页 |
| ·Two approaches to subjectivity and subjectification | 第69-80页 |
| ·Synchronic and diachronic frameworks | 第69-71页 |
| ·The synchronic framework | 第69-70页 |
| ·The diachronic framework | 第70-71页 |
| ·Synchronic vs.diachronic frameworks:convergence and divergence | 第71-78页 |
| ·Points of convergence | 第72-75页 |
| ·Points of divergence | 第75-78页 |
| ·An integration of synchronic and diachronic frameworks | 第78-79页 |
| ·Multiple dimensions of subjectification | 第79-80页 |
| ·A note on the role of grammaticalization in the development of intensifiers | 第80-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-86页 |
| Chapter Four Gradability,Intensification and Subjectivity | 第86-112页 |
| ·Gradability | 第87-97页 |
| ·Gradability in lexical categories | 第87-88页 |
| ·Gradable vs.non-gradabte adjectives | 第88-90页 |
| ·Conversion between gradables and non-gradables | 第90-93页 |
| ·Tendency and motivation in shift of grading | 第93-95页 |
| ·Semantic bleaching | 第93-94页 |
| ·Evaluativeness in relation to scalar reading | 第94-95页 |
| ·Gradability in relation to intensification:evidence from verbs | 第95-97页 |
| ·Gradable adjectives and subjectivity | 第97-101页 |
| ·Domains in linguistic expressions | 第97-98页 |
| ·Subjective construal in gradable adjectives | 第98-100页 |
| ·Shift in domains:a case of subjectification | 第100-101页 |
| ·Collocation between gradable adjectives and degree modifiers | 第101-103页 |
| ·Two domains in gradable adjectives and degree modifiers | 第101-102页 |
| ·Collocation in terms of boundedness | 第102-103页 |
| ·Adjectival intensifiers | 第103-107页 |
| ·From gradable adjectives to adjectival intensifiers:a domain shift | 第103-106页 |
| ·Adjectival intensifiers and premodification | 第106-107页 |
| ·The subjectivity of adjectival intensifiers | 第107-110页 |
| ·Intensification in relation to subjectivity | 第107-108页 |
| ·The subjectivity of adjectival intensifiers in terms of position | 第108-110页 |
| ·The rise of prototypical DIs | 第110页 |
| ·Summary | 第110-112页 |
| Chapter Five The Rise of Non-prototypical Deadjectival Intensifiers | 第112-131页 |
| ·Adjunct-converted deadjectival intensifiers | 第112-116页 |
| ·Disjunct-converted deadjectival intensifiers | 第116-121页 |
| ·Evaluativeness and intensification | 第116-118页 |
| ·Pre-adjectival position in relation to intensification:bi-directionality of gradability | 第118-120页 |
| ·Reinforcing effect in connection with evaluativeness | 第120-121页 |
| ·Subjectification and desubjectification in non-prototypieal DIs | 第121-130页 |
| ·Subjectification:from manner adjuncts to intensifiers | 第121-123页 |
| ·Desubjectification:from disjuncts to intensifiers | 第123-128页 |
| ·Semantic evidence for desubjectification | 第124-125页 |
| ·Syntactic evidence for desubjectification | 第125-126页 |
| ·Desubjectification in the sense ofperspectivization | 第126-128页 |
| ·Rank of subjectivity between disjunct-converted and adjunct-converted intensifiers | 第128-130页 |
| ·Summary | 第130-131页 |
| Chapter Six Case Studies:The Subjectification of Individual Deadjectival Intensifiers | 第131-162页 |
| ·The analytical framework for prototypical and non-prototypical DIs | 第131-133页 |
| ·The subjectification of prototypical DIs:the case of absolutely | 第133-147页 |
| ·Semantic shift in terms of synchronic subjectivity | 第133-140页 |
| ·From property to quantification | 第134-135页 |
| ·From quantification to intensification | 第135-137页 |
| ·From intensification to emphasis | 第137-138页 |
| ·From emphasis to response marking | 第138-139页 |
| ·Summary | 第139-140页 |
| ·A note on the diachronic subjectification analysis of absolutely | 第140-144页 |
| ·Pragmatic strengthening | 第141-142页 |
| ·Reanalysis | 第142-143页 |
| ·Intersubjectification | 第143-144页 |
| ·Implications for the semantic pathways of other prototypical DIs | 第144-145页 |
| ·Bleaching and idiosyncrasies in adverbialization | 第145-147页 |
| ·The subjectification of non-prototypical Dis:the case of definitely | 第147-160页 |
| ·Definitely adverbs | 第148-150页 |
| ·The semantic extension of definitely in terms of diachronic subjectification | 第150-157页 |
| ·As manner adverb | 第151-152页 |
| ·As sentence adverb | 第152-153页 |
| ·As emphasizer | 第153-154页 |
| ·As response marker | 第154-155页 |
| ·As intensifier | 第155-156页 |
| ·Summary | 第156-157页 |
| ·A note on the Langackerian subjectification account of definitely | 第157-159页 |
| ·Implications for mechanisms of semantic change | 第159-160页 |
| ·Summary | 第160-162页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第162-167页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第162-163页 |
| ·Theoretical implications of the study | 第163-165页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第165-167页 |
| References | 第167-179页 |
