| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Main Idea of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Motivation for the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Framework of This Paper | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第14-22页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of "Chi+NP" | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Definition of "Chi" | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Classification of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第15-17页 |
| ·Review of the Previous Studies of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第17-21页 |
| ·General Studies | 第17-18页 |
| ·The TG Approach Studies | 第18页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies between English "Eat+N" and the Chinese "Chi+NP" | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Cognitive Linguistics Methods | 第19-20页 |
| ·"Chi+NP" Researches from Other Perspectives | 第20-21页 |
| ·A Brief Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Construction and Construction Grammar Theories | 第22-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22-23页 |
| ·Basic Tenets of Construction Grammar | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Construction | 第23页 |
| ·Representation of Constructions | 第23-25页 |
| ·Inheritance Links among Constructions | 第25-27页 |
| ·Variants of Construction Grammar Theory | 第27-34页 |
| ·Construction Grammar by Kay and Fillmore et al | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Constructions and Language Generalization by Goldberg | 第29-31页 |
| ·Radical Construction Grammar Proposed by Croft | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Grammar as a Construction Grammar Variant Suggested by Langacker | 第32-34页 |
| ·Other Related Researches | 第34-35页 |
| ·Lakoff's Research | 第34页 |
| ·Embodied Construction Grammar | 第34-35页 |
| ·Common Features and Distinctions among the Variants of Construction Grammar Theory | 第35-37页 |
| ·Common Features | 第35-36页 |
| ·Distinctions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Gists of Construction Grammar Theory | 第37-38页 |
| ·Strengths and Limitations of Construction Grammar Theory | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Theoretical Framework for This Study | 第40-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·Argument Structure Construction | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Meaning of Argument Structure Construction | 第40-42页 |
| ·Relations between Verb and Construction | 第42-43页 |
| ·Characteristics of Argument Structure Construction | 第43-44页 |
| ·Strengths of Argument Structure Construction | 第44页 |
| ·Adoption of Argument Structure | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Construction Grammar Approach to #36"Chi+NP" Construction | 第46-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·The Interpretation of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Meaning of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Meaning of "Chi" Conveyed by "Chi+NP" Construction | 第51-54页 |
| ·Relations between "Chi" and "Chi+NP" Construction | 第54-58页 |
| ·The Representation of Thematic Roles of a Construction | 第54-56页 |
| ·Relations between "Chi" and "Chi+NP" Construction | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58页 |
| ·Deconstruction of the Action of "Chi" | 第58-62页 |
| ·The Motion of "Chi" | 第59页 |
| ·The Process of Digestion | 第59-60页 |
| ·The State of "Chi" | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Unifying Explanation of "Chi+NP" Construction | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| ·Major Findings of This Study | 第63页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第64-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-69页 |
