论文目录 | |
| ACKNOLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-16页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第16-21页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to English Progressives | 第16-18页 |
| 1.2 Motivations and Research Questions of this Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3 The Layout of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter II Previous Studies of the English Progressive | 第21-32页 |
| 2.1 Previous Descriptions and Analyses of the English Progressive | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Comrie’s Study of English Progressive | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.2Williams’s Study of English Progressive | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.3Other Previous Descriptions and Analyses of English Progressives at Home andAbroad | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies about the Future Sense of English Progressive | 第26-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Leech’s Studies about the Future Sense of English Progressive | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Other Studies about the Future Sense of English Progressive | 第28-31页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter III Some Concepts in Cognitive Grammar | 第32-39页 |
| 3.1 Construal and Profile | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 Cognitive Semantics | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 Clausal Grounding and Tense in Cognitive Grammar | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 The Progressive Construction | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter IV A Description of the Future Use of English Present Progressive | 第39-55页 |
| 4.1 Classification of Verbs | 第39-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Lexical Aspects | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Classification of Verbs in Cognitive Grammar | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 The English Present Progressive | 第42-45页 |
| 4.3 Prototypical Members and Non-prototypical Members of the Present Progressive | 第45-48页 |
| 4.4 A Description of the Future Use of English Present Progressive | 第48-55页 |
| 4.4.1 Description of State Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4.2 Description of Activity Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第51-52页 |
| 4.4.3 Description of Accomplishment Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第52-53页 |
| 4.4.4 Description of Achievements Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter V A Cognitive Grammar Approach to the Future Use of English Present Progressive | 第55-67页 |
| 5.1 Virtual Entities | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2. The Analysis of the Future Use of English Present Progressive | 第56-65页 |
| 5.2.1 Virtual Entities and the Future Use of English Present Progressive | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2.2 Analysis of Achievement Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第57-62页 |
| 5.2.3 Analysis of Accomplishment Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2.4 Analysis of Activity Verbs and State Verbs in English Present Progressive | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第67-68页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-71页 |
