| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Three Basic Approaches to Meaning | 第10-13页 |
| ·Truth-conditional Approach to Meaning | 第10-11页 |
| ·Structural Approach to Meaning | 第11页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Meaning | 第11-13页 |
| ·Objective of the Research | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Cognitive Capacities underlying Cognitive Semantics | 第15-19页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第15-17页 |
| ·Constraints of Iconicity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Cognitive Normality as an Explanation for Semantic Acceptability | 第19-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Normality | 第19-20页 |
| ·Cognitive Normality of Semantic Acceptance | 第20-24页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Origin of Figure-Ground Segregation | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Principle Pragnanze | 第21-22页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation in Linguistic Study | 第22页 |
| ·Domain | 第22-24页 |
| ·Immediate Scope | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Figure-Ground Segregation and Domain in Semantic Acceptability of Syntactic Constructions | 第24-31页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground Segregation in Semantic Acceptability with Spatial Relation | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Semantic Acceptability with Semantic Event of Location | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Semantic Acceptability with Semantic Event of Motion | 第27-28页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground Segregation in Semantic Acceptability with Temporal Relation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Realization of Domain in Semantic Acceptability with Transitive Constructions | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Prototypicality of Categories as an Explanation for Semantic Acceptability | 第31-46页 |
| ·Categories in Linguistics | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Classical Approach to Categorization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of the Classical Approach to Categorization | 第32-33页 |
| ·Criticisms of the Classical Approach to Categorization | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Prototypical View of Semantic Category | 第34-35页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Prototype Categories | 第34-35页 |
| ·Thematic Roles | 第35-38页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Thematic Roles | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Correspondence between Subjects and Thematic Roles | 第37页 |
| ·The Correspondence between Sentence Elements and Thematic Roles | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Prototypicality of Categories and the Semantic Acceptability of English Syntactic Constructions | 第38-46页 |
| ·The Mapping between the Prototypicality of Syntactic-narrative Constructions and Their Semantic Acceptability | 第39-44页 |
| ·The Motivation for Semantic Acceptability of Prototypical Syntactic-narrative Constructions | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Wide Distribution as an Explanation for Semantic Acceptability | 第46-58页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第46-52页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Markedness Theory | 第46-52页 |
| ·Formal Markedness | 第46-47页 |
| ·Distributional Markedness | 第47-49页 |
| ·Semantic Markedness | 第49-52页 |
| ·Features of Wide Distribution | 第52-54页 |
| ·Wide Distribution on Syntactic Level | 第54-55页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Wide Distribution in Semantic Acceptability of Syntactic Constructions | 第55-58页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of Transitive Constructions | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| ·Enlightenment of the Present Study | 第59页 |
| ·Problems Unsolved and Further Work | 第59-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66页 |
