| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Study | 第9页 |
| 1.2 Structure of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| 2.1 An overview of the Related Studies | 第11-12页 |
| 2.2 The Experiential View of Cognitive Linguistics | 第12-14页 |
| 2.3 The Significance of the Experiential View in Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Three Tense and Its Uses from the Experiential View | 第15-32页 |
| 3.1 Definitions of Tense | 第15页 |
| 3.2 The Simple Present Tense and Its Uses | 第15-24页 |
| 3.2.1 Used To Refer to Present States, Habitual Actions | 第16-18页 |
| 3.2.2 Used To Signify Instantaneous Events | 第18-19页 |
| 3.2.3 Used To Signify Present Actions | 第19-20页 |
| 3.2.4 Used To Refer to the Past Events and Past States of the Affairs | 第20-22页 |
| 3.2.5 Used To Refer to the Future Events | 第22-24页 |
| 3.3 The Simple Past Tense and Its Uses | 第24-28页 |
| 3.3.1 Used To Refer to the Past Events in Definite Past Time | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3.2 Used To Refer to Past States, Habitual Actions, | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.3 Used in Certain Subordinate Clauses | 第26页 |
| 3.3.4 Used for the Purpose of Being Polite or Euphemistic | 第26-28页 |
| 3.4 Why There Exists No Future Tense | 第28-32页 |
| 3.4.1 The Future Is Indefinite | 第28页 |
| 3.4.2 Diversity of the Expressions of the Future Time | 第28-32页 |
| 3.4.2.1 Auxiliary Construction | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4.2.2 Be Going To + Infinitive | 第29页 |
| 3.4.2.3 Present Progressive | 第29-30页 |
| 3.4.2.4 Be About To + Infinitive | 第30页 |
| 3.4.2.5 Be To + Infinitive | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Aspect and Its Uses from the Experiential View | 第32-46页 |
| 4.1 Definitions of Aspect | 第32页 |
| 4.2 Progressive Aspect Indicates the Process of Motion of a Thing | 第32-37页 |
| 4.2.1 Durative Verbs in Progressive Aspect | 第33页 |
| 4.2.2 Transitional Verbs in Progressive Aspect | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2.3 Momentary Verbs in Progressive Aspect | 第34-35页 |
| 4.2.4 Verbs of Bodily Sensation in Progressive Aspect | 第35-36页 |
| 4.2.5 Stative Verbs Cannot Be Used in Progressive Aspect | 第36-37页 |
| 4.3 Perfect Aspect Indicates the Result of Motion of a Thing | 第37-46页 |
| 4.3.1 Emphasizing the Result of the Verb Action | 第37页 |
| 4.3.2 Going with Durative Verbs | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3.3 Going with Transient Verbs | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3.4 Used To Describe What the Dead Once Said and Did | 第39页 |
| 4.3.5 Combined with the Past Tense | 第39-41页 |
| 4.3.6 Used in the (Past) Future Time | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3.7 Used To Express the Speaker’s Subjective Imagination | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.8 Used To Express the Speaker’s Attitude or Subjective Conjecture | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3.9 The Combination of the Perfective Progressive Aspect | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| 5.1 Findings | 第46页 |
| 5.2 Limitations | 第46页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Future Study | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-50页 |
