| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-29页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Denominal Verbs | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1.1 The Grammatical Study on Denominal Verbs | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.2 The Pragmatical Study on Denominal Verbs | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.3 The Cognitive Study on Denominal Verbs | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.4 The Contrastive Study on Denominal Verbs | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Summary of Previous Studies | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Deficiencies of Previous Studies and Reasons for Writing this Study | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第29-37页 |
| 3.1 Introduction of Sinclair's Extended Units of Meaning | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2 Collocation, Colligation, Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3 Previous Studies on Extended Units of Meaning | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第37-46页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Case Study | 第38-39页 |
| 4.3 The Corpus-Based Study | 第39-42页 |
| 4.3.1 The Introduction of Corpus Linguistics | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3.2 The Introduction of Corpus-Based Study | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.3 Corpus Used in Data Collection--COCA | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4 The Criteria for the Selection of Denominal Verbs | 第42-46页 |
| 4.4.1 Clark & Clark's Classification | 第42-44页 |
| 4.4.2 Reasons for Choosing Denominal Location Verbs | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Data Collection and Discussions | 第46-69页 |
| 5.1 Data Collection in COCA | 第46-52页 |
| 5.1.1 Frequency Distribution of Denominal Location Verbs in General | 第47页 |
| 5.1.2 Developing Trend of Denominal Location Verbs from 1990 to 2015 | 第47-50页 |
| 5.1.3 Distribution of Denominal Location Verbs in Different Genres | 第50-52页 |
| 5.2 Analyses of Denominal Location Verbs from the Perspective of Extended Units ofMeaning | 第52-69页 |
| 5.2.1 Analyses of "Land" from the "on" Category | 第54-58页 |
| 5.2.2 Analyses of "Shelter" from the "in" Category | 第58-61页 |
| 5.2.3 Analyses of "Shell" from the "not-in" Category | 第61-64页 |
| 5.2.4 Analyses of "Face" from the "at" Category | 第64-69页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第69-80页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第69-74页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第74-78页 |
| 6.3 Limitation of the Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第78-80页 |
| References | 第80-85页 |
| Appendix | 第85-86页 |
| The Description of Tag Name | 第85-86页 |
| Publication | 第86页 |
