| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 The Literature Review of the Non-present Uses of the English Present Tense | 第12-20页 |
| ·Traditional Researches on the Non-present Uses of the English Present Tense | 第12-15页 |
| ·Palmer’s and Quirk’s View | 第12-13页 |
| ·Leech’s and Binnick’s Analysis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Yi Zhongliang’s View | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cognitive Approaches to the Non-present Uses of the English Present Tense | 第15-19页 |
| ·Langacker’s Views | 第15-17页 |
| ·Fauconnier’s Views | 第17-18页 |
| ·Taylor’s Views | 第18-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第20-31页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory of Categorization | 第20-21页 |
| ·Family Resemblance | 第20-21页 |
| ·Prototypical Members and Non-prototypical Members | 第21页 |
| ·The Theory of the Experiential Correlation | 第21-26页 |
| ·Image Concepts Versus Response Concepts | 第22页 |
| ·Concepts Elaborated by Proximal-distal Content | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Experiential Correlation | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Theory of Iconicity | 第26-29页 |
| ·Defining Iconicity | 第26-27页 |
| ·Classification of Iconicity | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Principle of Distance Iconicity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Analysis of Non-prototypical Uses within Experiential Correlation and Distance Iconicity | 第31-46页 |
| ·The Prototypical Uses of the English Present Tense | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Instantaneous Uses of the Present Tense | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Habitual Uses of the Present Tense | 第32页 |
| ·The State Present Uses of the Present Tense | 第32页 |
| ·The Non-prototypical Uses of the English Present Tense | 第32-44页 |
| ·The Intimate Uses of the English Present Tense | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Past Uses of the English Present Tense | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Foregrounding Uses of the English Present Tense | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Imaginary Uses of the English Present Tense | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Unrestrictive Uses of the English Present Tense | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Future Uses of the English Present Tense | 第41-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第46-47页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第47页 |
| ·Research limitations | 第47-48页 |
| References | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix 详细中文摘要 | 第51-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54页 |
