| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations and symbols | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter1.Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Preliminary Remarks | 第10-12页 |
| ·Objectives of this Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第13-17页 |
| ·General Issues:Comparative Construction as a Cross-linguistic Phenomenon | 第13-14页 |
| ·Specific Research:the Comparative Construction in English and Chinese | 第14-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter2.A Brief Introduction of the Adopted Theory | 第19-25页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·The Relation between Syntax and Semantics | 第19-20页 |
| ·The theory of Prototypes and Basic-level Categories | 第20页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy:the Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Perspective and Reference Point | 第22页 |
| ·The Theory of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Spreading Cctivation Model | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Accessibitity Theory | 第24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter3.A Cognitive Study of CCC and ECC | 第25-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25页 |
| ·A cognitive Definition of Comparison | 第25-29页 |
| ·The Premise of Comparison | 第27-28页 |
| ·Syntactic Representation of Comparative Construction | 第28页 |
| ·The Relation between Syntax and Semantics | 第28-29页 |
| ·A cognitive Semantic Study of CCC | 第29-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Prerequisite of Comparative Construction | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Derivation of Comparative Construction | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Basic Semantic Features of Comparison | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Semantic Types and Syntactic Features of Comparative Elements | 第32页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on Comparative Cbjects | 第32-34页 |
| ·Categorization | 第34-36页 |
| ·Metaphor and Comparison | 第36-39页 |
| ·Metonymy and Comparison | 第39-40页 |
| ·Comparison within Idealized Cognitive Models | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Research on Comparative Point (P) | 第41-43页 |
| ·A Cognitive Semantic Study of ECC | 第43-48页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·The Syntactic Features and Semantic Types of ECC | 第43-44页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on Comparative Objects | 第44-45页 |
| ·Metaphor and Comparison | 第45-46页 |
| ·Metonymy and Comparison | 第46页 |
| ·Comparison within Idealized Cognitive Models | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Implication of Comparative Point(P) | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter4 A Contrastive Study of CCC and ECC | 第49-57页 |
| ·The Similarities and Differences between ECC and CCC in the Process of Conceptualization | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Similarities between English and Chinese Prototypical Comparative Construction | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Prerequisite of Comparison | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Ambiguity of Comparative Construction:the Marked Member vs.Unmarked Member | 第51页 |
| ·The Superlative:a Special kind of Comparison | 第51-52页 |
| ·Subjectivity | 第52页 |
| ·The Differences between English and Chinese Prototypical Comparative Construction | 第52-54页 |
| ·Productivity | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Restrictions on the Source and Target Domains | 第53页 |
| ·Quantity Factors | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Similarities and Differences between English and Chinese Non-prototypical Comparative Construction | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Similarities between English and Chinese Non-prototypical comparative construction | 第54-55页 |
| ·The differences between English and Chinese Non-prototypical Comparative Construction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter5.Conclusion | 第57-62页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第57-59页 |
| ·Implication for Translation | 第59-60页 |
| ·Implication for Language Teaching | 第60页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| 独创性声明 | 第65页 |
