| Acknowledgments | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第19-31页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Teminology | 第21-22页 |
| 1.3 Forms of the two possessives | 第22-28页 |
| 1.3.1 Components of the two possessives | 第22页 |
| 1.3.2 General forms of the two possessives | 第22-25页 |
| 1.3.2.1 General form of s-possessive | 第22-24页 |
| 1.3.2.2 General form of of-possessive | 第24-25页 |
| 1.3.2.3 Forms of the two possessives in contrast | 第25页 |
| 1.3.3 Special forms of s-possessive | 第25-27页 |
| 1.3.4 Double possessive：a mixture of the two possessives | 第27-28页 |
| 1.4 Scope of the research | 第28页 |
| 1.5 Research questions and significance of the research | 第28-30页 |
| 1.5.1 Research questions | 第28-29页 |
| 1.5.2 Significance of the research | 第29-30页 |
| 1.6 Layout of the dissertation | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第31-55页 |
| 2.1 Historical change in the choice between the two possessives | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 Possible factors influencing the choice between the two possessives | 第33-43页 |
| 2.2.1 Phonological factors | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Morphological factors | 第34页 |
| 2.2.3 Syntactic factors | 第34-35页 |
| 2.2.4 Communicative factors | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2.5 Stylistic factors | 第37页 |
| 2.2.6 Lexical factors | 第37-40页 |
| 2.2.6.1 Animacy of PR | 第38页 |
| 2.2.6.2 Animacy of PE | 第38-39页 |
| 2.2.6.3 Relative animacy between PR and PE | 第39页 |
| 2.2.6.4 Lexical category of PE | 第39-40页 |
| 2.2.7 Semantic factors | 第40-43页 |
| 2.2.7.1 S-possessive only meanings | 第41页 |
| 2.2.7.2 Of-possessive only meanings | 第41-42页 |
| 2.2.7.3 Preference choice meanings | 第42-43页 |
| 2.3 Data-based researches | 第43-51页 |
| 2.3.1 Altenberg(1982) | 第43-45页 |
| 2.3.2 Jucker(1993) | 第45-46页 |
| 2.3.3 Leech,Francis and Xu(1994) | 第46-47页 |
| 2.3.4 Biber et al.(1999)and Biber,Conrad,and Leech(2002) | 第47-48页 |
| 2.3.5 Rosenbach(2002；2003；2005) | 第48-49页 |
| 2.3.6 Kreyer(2003) | 第49-50页 |
| 2.3.7 Szmrecsanyi(2006),Hinrichs & Szmrecsanyi(2007),and Szmrecsanyi &Hinrichs(2008) | 第50-51页 |
| 2.4 Summary and comment | 第51-55页 |
| 2.4.1 Summary | 第51-53页 |
| 2.4.2 Comment | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework and ResearchMethodology | 第55-71页 |
| 3.1 Theoretical framework | 第55-67页 |
| 3.1.1 Systemic-functional view of language and language use | 第55-62页 |
| 3.1.1.1 General view | 第55-56页 |
| 3.1.1.2 Three modes of meaning | 第56-57页 |
| 3.1.1.3 Aesthetic meaning：an extended mode of meaning | 第57-62页 |
| 3.1.2 Cognitive view of language and language use | 第62-66页 |
| 3.1.2.1 General view | 第62-65页 |
| 3.1.2.2 Cognition in language use | 第65-66页 |
| 3.1.3 Cognitive-functional account of grammatical variation | 第66-67页 |
| 3.2 Research methodology | 第67-69页 |
| 3.2.1 The corpus | 第67-68页 |
| 3.2.2 Statistic methods and techniques of data analysis | 第68-69页 |
| 3.2.2.1 Statistic methods | 第68页 |
| 3.2.2.2 Techniques of data analysis | 第68-69页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter 4 Ideational Meaning and the Choice betweenthe Two Possessives | 第71-99页 |
| 4.1 Hypothesis about the choice under the influence of ideational meaning | 第71-87页 |
| 4.1.1 Ideational function and ideational meaning | 第71-72页 |
| 4.1.2 Ideational meaning of the possessives | 第72-85页 |
| 4.1.2.1 Approaches to the ideational meaning of the possessives | 第72-76页 |
| 4.1.2.2 Taxonomy of the ideational meaning of the possessives | 第76-81页 |
| 4.1.2.3 Inalienability of the ideational meaning of the possessives | 第81-85页 |
| 4.1.3 Hypothesis | 第85-87页 |
| 4.2 Corpus-based analysis | 第87-96页 |
| 4.2.1 Data collection | 第87-91页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Tagging of ideational meaning | 第87-88页 |
| 4.2.1.2 Results | 第88-91页 |
| 4.2.2 Analysis and discussions | 第91-96页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第96-99页 |
| Chapter 5 Interpersonal Meaning and the Choicebetween the Two Possessives | 第99-117页 |
| 5.1 Hypothesis about the choice under the influence of interpersonal meaning | 第99-108页 |
| 5.1.1 Interpersonal function and interpersonal meaning | 第99-100页 |
| 5.1.2 Interpersonal meaning of the possessives | 第100-106页 |
| 5.1.3 Hypothesis | 第106-108页 |
| 5.2 Corpus-based quantitative analysis | 第108-114页 |
| 5.2.1 Data collection | 第108-110页 |
| 5.2.1.1 Tagging of interpersonal meaning | 第108页 |
| 5.2.1.2 Results | 第108-110页 |
| 5.2.2 Analysis and discussions | 第110-114页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第114-117页 |
| Chapter 6 Textual Meaning and the Choice betweenthe Two Possessives | 第117-134页 |
| 6.1 Hypothesis about the choice under the influence of textual meaning | 第117-127页 |
| 6.1.1 Textual function and textual meaning | 第117-118页 |
| 6.1.2 Textual meaning of the two possessives | 第118-124页 |
| 6.1.3 Hypothesis | 第124-127页 |
| 6.2 Corpus-based analysis | 第127-132页 |
| 6.2.1 Data collection | 第127-129页 |
| 6.2.1.1 Tagging of textual meaning | 第127-128页 |
| 6.2.1.2 Results | 第128-129页 |
| 6.2.2 Analysis and discussions | 第129-132页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第132-134页 |
| Chapter 7 Aesthetic Meaning and the Choice betweenthe Two Possessives | 第134-152页 |
| 7.1 Hypothesis about the choice under the influence of aesthetic meaning | 第134-143页 |
| 7.1.1 Aesthetic function and aesthetic meaning | 第134-138页 |
| 7.1.2 Aesthetic meaning of the two possessives | 第138-139页 |
| 7.1.3 Hypothesis | 第139-143页 |
| 7.2 Corpus-based analysis | 第143-150页 |
| 7.2.1 Data collection | 第143-145页 |
| 7.2.1.1 Tagging of aesthetic meaning | 第143页 |
| 7.2.1.2 Results | 第143-145页 |
| 7.2.2 Analysis and discussions | 第145-150页 |
| 7.3 Summary | 第150-152页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusion | 第152-162页 |
| 8.1 Findings of the research | 第152-159页 |
| 8.1.1 The influence of ideational meaning | 第153-155页 |
| 8.1.2 The influence of interpersonal meaning | 第155-157页 |
| 8.1.3 The influence of textual meaning | 第157-158页 |
| 8.1.4 The influence of aesthetic meaning | 第158-159页 |
| 8.2 Contributions of the research | 第159-161页 |
| 8.3 Suggestions for future research | 第161-162页 |
| Bibliography | 第162-177页 |
