| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Preliminaries | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Formation of Telicity | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 Studies of Definition of Telicity | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2.1 The ‘Endpoint’Approach | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.2 The ‘Homogeneity’Approach | 第16-17页 |
| 2.3 The Necessity of Distinguishing Between (Un)boundedness and (A)telicity | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4 Commonly Used Tests in English | 第18-21页 |
| 2.5 Determinants of Telicity of VPs in English | 第21-23页 |
| 2.5.1 The Interaction of Verbs and Their NPArguments | 第21-22页 |
| 2.5.2 The Interaction of Verbs and Their PPArguments | 第22页 |
| 2.5.3 The Interaction of Verbs and Their Non-argument Elements | 第22-23页 |
| 2.6 Studies of Telicity in Mandarin Chinese | 第23-24页 |
| 2.7 Theoretical Framework | 第24页 |
| 2.8 Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Derivation and Tests of Telicity of VPs in Mandarin Chinese | 第25-38页 |
| 3.1 Definition of Telicity of VPs in Mandarin Chinese: the ‘Endpoint’Approach | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2 Formation of Telicity of VPs in Mandarin Chinese: Compositional Aspectuality | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3 Introducing the Distinction Between Telic andAtelic Predicates in Mandarin Chinese: Some Diagnostic Tests | 第30-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Time Phrase Test | 第30-32页 |
| 3.3.2 Entailment Tests | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3.3 Homogeneity Test | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3.4 ‘Bu’and ‘Mei’Test | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.5 ‘Mashang’and ‘Yixia’Test | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Telicity of VPs: Possible Determinants of Telicity of VPs in Mandarin Chinese | 第38-63页 |
| 4.1 Lexical Devices | 第38-42页 |
| 4.1.1 The Interaction of Verbs and Their NPArguments | 第38-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Verb Reduplication and Verbal Quantification | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Grammatical Devices | 第42-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Verb-direction Constructions | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Verb-resultative Constructions | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.3 The Interaction of Verbs andAspect Markers | 第45-52页 |
| 4.2.4 The Interaction of Verbs andAuxiliary Verbs | 第52-53页 |
| 4.2.5 The Ba and Bei Constructions | 第53-56页 |
| 4.2.6 The Existential Constructions | 第56-57页 |
| 4.3 Syntactic and Semantic Explanations to the Overriding Effect of Grammatical Devices over Lexical Devices | 第57-62页 |
| 4.3.1 ASyntactic Explanation to the Overriding Effect of Grammatical Devices over Lexical Devices | 第58-60页 |
| 4.3.2 ASemantic Explanation to the Overriding Effect of Grammatical Devices over Lexical Devices | 第60-62页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Reference | 第65-68页 |
| AppendixA 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix B Data Cited in This Thesis | 第69-74页 |
| Appendix C 详细中文摘要 | 第74-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
