| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter one Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Prescriptive Approach | 第17-19页 |
| ·Descriptive Approach | 第19-20页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·The study of Grammaticalization | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第26-42页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第26-28页 |
| ·Subjectification | 第28-36页 |
| ·Typology | 第36-38页 |
| ·Corpus Investigation | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter three The Subjectification of English and Chinese Temporal Connectives | 第42-72页 |
| ·The subjectification of temporal connectives in English | 第42-61页 |
| ·The subjectification of temporal connectives of conditionals | 第43-47页 |
| ·The subjectification of temporal connectives of causals | 第47-54页 |
| ·The subjectification of temporal connectives of concessives | 第54-61页 |
| ·The subjectification of temporal connectives in Chinese | 第61-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Four A Comparative Study of the subjectification between English and Chinese Temporal Connectives | 第72-84页 |
| ·The differences in subjectification between English and Chinese temporal connectives | 第72-76页 |
| ·The universals in subjectification between English and Chinese temporal connectives | 第76-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-84页 |
| Chapter Five A Typological View on the Subjectification of Temporal Connectives and Further Discussion | 第84-90页 |
| ·A wide collection of temporal connectives | 第84-86页 |
| ·Further Discussion | 第86-89页 |
| ·Summary | 第89-90页 |
| Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-100页 |
| Appendix | 第100-102页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第102-104页 |
