| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review and Theoretical Foundation | 第15-26页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-20页 |
| ·Studies of Typical Preposition | 第15-19页 |
| ·Studies of Marginal Preposition | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第20-24页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第20-22页 |
| ·Atemporal Relation of Preposition in Cognitive Grammar | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two A General Review of the English Marginal Prepositions | 第26-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26-27页 |
| ·Classification of the English Marginal Prepositions | 第27-33页 |
| ·Classification According to Lexical Form | 第27-30页 |
| ·Classification According to Word's Meaning | 第30-33页 |
| ·Syntactic Characteristics Represented in Comparison with Other Word Classes | 第33-38页 |
| ·Marginal Preposition and Typical Preposition | 第33-35页 |
| ·Involved Relation between Preposition and Conjunction | 第35-37页 |
| ·Differences between Marginal Preposition and Participle | 第37-38页 |
| ·Pragmatic Features of Marginal Preposition | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Three Comparison between the English Marginal Prepositions and Chinese Counterparts | 第41-52页 |
| ·The Chinese Counterparts of the English Marginal Prepositions | 第41-47页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting TIME | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting RESPECT or Introducing Topic | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting EXCLUSION or INCLUSION | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting CAUSE or BASIS of an Action | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting AS SUMPTION | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Corresponding Chinese Prepositions Denoting ADDITION or ACCOMPANIMENT | 第47页 |
| ·Comparison between the English Marginal Prepositions and Chinese Counterparts | 第47-51页 |
| ·Similarities between the Two Categories | 第48-50页 |
| ·Distinctions between the Two Categories | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Four Evolution of Marginal Preposition from Perspective of Grammaticalization | 第52-66页 |
| ·Related Properties of Grammaticalization | 第52-57页 |
| ·Unidirectionality | 第53-54页 |
| ·Layering | 第54-55页 |
| ·Gradualness of Grammaticalization and Further Grammaticalization | 第55-57页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Grammaticalization | 第57-65页 |
| ·Reanalysis | 第58-63页 |
| ·Analogy | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Five A Cognitive Explanation of the Development of the English Marginal Prepositions | 第66-74页 |
| ·The Power of Metaphor | 第66-68页 |
| ·Temporal Profile versus Atemporal Relation | 第68-71页 |
| ·Some Cognitive Constraints on Grammaticalization | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-74页 |
| Conclusion | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84-85页 |
