| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第17-39页 |
| ·The Historical Studies of English Existential Construction | 第17-28页 |
| ·The Generative Approach to English Existential Construction | 第17-24页 |
| ·There in English Existential Construction | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Definiteness Effect | 第20-21页 |
| ·Property Predication Restriction | 第21-23页 |
| ·Inadequacies with the Generative Approach | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Systemic-functional Approach to English Existential Construction | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to English Existential Construction | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Historical Studies of Chinese Existential Construction | 第28-35页 |
| ·The Primary Stage | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Developing Stage | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Mature Stage | 第32-35页 |
| ·Inadequacies in Studies of Chinese Existential Construction | 第35页 |
| ·Reviewing the Comparative Studies of English and Chinese Existential Constructions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background: Construction Grammar Theory | 第39-51页 |
| ·General Remarks | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Concept of Constructions | 第41-44页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Construction Grammar | 第44-45页 |
| ·Verbs in Constructions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Interaction between Verbs and Construction | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Advantages of Construction Grammar | 第47-49页 |
| ·Linguistic Categorization | 第49-50页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 3 The English and the Chinese Existential Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach | 第51-81页 |
| ·Preliminary | 第51-52页 |
| ·Definition of Existential Construction in English and Chinese | 第52-58页 |
| ·Definition of English Existential Construction | 第52-55页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Existential Construction | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Existence of the EEC and the CEC | 第58-65页 |
| ·The Expressions of the EEC and the CEC | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Existence of the EEC | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Existence of the CEC | 第63-65页 |
| ·General Properties of the EEC and the CEC | 第65-78页 |
| ·The Initial Part in the EEC and the CEC | 第65-71页 |
| ·The Verbs in the EEC and the CEC | 第71-76页 |
| ·The Third Part in the EEC and the CEC | 第76-77页 |
| ·The Final Phrase in the EEC | 第77-78页 |
| ·The Relationship between Construction and Verbs | 第78-79页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter 4 Relations among Constructions | 第81-93页 |
| ·Preliminary | 第81页 |
| ·The Prototype Effect in Constructions | 第81-91页 |
| ·Categorization | 第81-83页 |
| ·The EEC Category | 第83-88页 |
| ·The CEC Category | 第88-91页 |
| ·A Hypothesis about the Relations between the EEC and the CEC | 第91-92页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第92-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-103页 |
| Appendix | 第103-105页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第105-107页 |
