| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Subjectivity and Subjectivization | 第12-13页 |
| ·Rationale and Significance | 第13-15页 |
| ·Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Subjectivity | 第17-27页 |
| ·Major Focuses of Subjectivity | 第18-20页 |
| ·Three Influential Views on Subjectivity | 第20-27页 |
| ·Lyons' View on Subjectivity | 第20页 |
| ·Traugott's View on Subjectivity | 第20-23页 |
| ·Langacker's View on Subjectivity | 第23-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Tense | 第27-32页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Tense | 第27-30页 |
| ·Definitions and Classifications from Multi-tense Perspective | 第27-28页 |
| ·Definitions and Classifications from Bi-tense Perspective | 第28页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Views on Tense | 第28-29页 |
| ·Recent Attempts to Resolve the Contradiction | 第29-30页 |
| ·Tense in Spatial and Temporal Location | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis for the Study of Subjectivity | 第33-41页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory | 第33-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第34-39页 |
| ·A Brief Account of Conceptual Blending Theory | 第35页 |
| ·The Blending and Integrating Networks | 第35-38页 |
| ·Blending Process | 第38-39页 |
| ·Optimality Principles of Conceptual Blending | 第39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Interpretation of Subjectivity in English Tenses | 第41-63页 |
| ·Motivations for the "Contradictory Use" of English Tenses | 第42-49页 |
| ·To Realize the Speaker's/Writer's Affect | 第42-44页 |
| ·To Realize Speaker's/Writer's Perspective | 第44-47页 |
| ·To Realize the Speaker's/Writer's Modality | 第47-49页 |
| ·Subjectivity and Conceptual Blending Theory | 第49-62页 |
| ·Mechanism of Subjectivity Generation | 第49-55页 |
| ·Mental Space Building in Subjectivity Generation | 第50-51页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Process in Subjectivity Generation | 第51-55页 |
| ·Mechanism of Subjectivity Comprehension | 第55-62页 |
| ·Factors Involved in Subjectivity Comprehension | 第56-57页 |
| ·Mental Space Building in Subjectivity Comprehension | 第57-60页 |
| ·Blending in Subjectivity Comprehension | 第60-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第64页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
