| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| List of Tables | 第14-15页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Definition of “Dimensional Adjectives” in the Present Study | 第17-20页 |
| 1.3 Theoretical Foundations, Methodology and Corpora of the Study | 第20-22页 |
| 1.4 Research Motivations and Questions | 第22页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Review of Relevant Studies | 第24-30页 |
| 2.1 Previous Researches on Dimensional Adjectives | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Brief Review on the Relevant Studies | 第26-29页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Semantic Comparison between EDAand CDA15 | 第30-61页 |
| 3.1 Semantic Content Comparison between EDAand CDA15 | 第30-58页 |
| 3.1.1 Literal Meaning Comparison of “high/tall/low” and “gao/di/ai” | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “high/tall/low” and “gao/di/ai” | 第32-36页 |
| 3.1.3 Literal Meaning Comparison of “long/short” and “chang/duan” | 第36-37页 |
| 3.1.4 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “long/short” and “chang/duan” | 第37-40页 |
| 3.1.5 Literal Meaning Comparison of “thick1/ thin1” and “hou/bao” | 第40-41页 |
| 3.1.6 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “thick1/ thin1” and “hou/bao” | 第41-44页 |
| 3.1.7 Literal Meaning Comparison of “thick2/thin2” and “cu/xi” | 第44-45页 |
| 3.1.8 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “thick2/thin2” and “cu/xi” | 第45-47页 |
| 3.1.9 Literal Meaning Comparison of “deep/shallow” and “shen/qian” | 第47-48页 |
| 3.1.10 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “deep/shallow” and “shen/qian” | 第48-51页 |
| 3.1.11 Literal Meaning Comparison of “wide/broad/narrow” and “kuan/zhai” | 第51-52页 |
| 3.1.12 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “wide /broad/narrow” and“kuan / zhai” | 第52-54页 |
| 3.1.13 Literal Meaning Comparison of “big/ small” and “da/xiao” | 第54-55页 |
| 3.1.14 Metaphorical Meaning Comparison of “big/ small” and “da/xiao” | 第55-58页 |
| 3.2 Semantic Structure | 第58-59页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Syntactic Comparison between E_(DA)and C_(DA) | 第61-72页 |
| 4.1 Syntactic Functions: Illustrated in Typical Contexts | 第61-66页 |
| 4.1.1 Predicate | 第61-63页 |
| 4.1.2 Attributive | 第63-64页 |
| 4.1.3 Complement | 第64-65页 |
| 4.1.4 Object | 第65-66页 |
| 4.1.5 Predicative | 第66页 |
| 4.2 Major Types of Syntactic Constructions | 第66-70页 |
| 4.2.1 ModifieradConstruction | 第66-67页 |
| 4.2.2 Evaluation Construction | 第67页 |
| 4.2.3 Question Construction | 第67页 |
| 4.2.4 Copy Construction | 第67页 |
| 4.2.5 Comparative Construction | 第67-68页 |
| 4.2.6 Imperative Construction | 第68-69页 |
| 4.2.7 Quantification Construction | 第69-70页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Five Study from the Perspective of Language Typology | 第72-84页 |
| 5.1 A Cognitive Approach to Semantics, Syntax and the Interface of E_(DA)and C_(DA) | 第72-78页 |
| 5.2 Contrastive Analysis with Dimensional Adjectives in Other Languages | 第78-80页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第80-84页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第84-89页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第85-88页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study and Possibilities for Further Research | 第88-89页 |
| References | 第89-94页 |
| Appendix Table3. 8 The distribution of target domains of E_(DA)and C_(DA) | 第94-97页 |
