论文目录 | |
| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| · Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| · Research Questions | 第12页 |
| · Research Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| · Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| · The Definition of Grammaticalization | 第14-16页 |
| · Researches on Demonstratives in English and Chinese | 第16-24页 |
| · Syntactic Studies of this/that and zhè/nà | 第17-18页 |
| · Pragmatic Analysis of this/that and zhè/nà | 第18页 |
| · Comparison of the Pragmatic Functions of this/that and zhè/nà | 第18-24页 |
| · Studies on the Grammaticalization of Demonstratives this/that and zhè/nà | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter Three Grammaticalization of Proximal Demonstratives this/zhè | 第29-40页 |
| · Grammaticalization of this | 第29-30页 |
| · Grammaticalization of zhè | 第30-38页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第30-32页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Possessive Marker | 第32-34页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第34-36页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Discourse Marker | 第36-38页 |
| · Grammaticalizations of this and zhè Compared | 第38-39页 |
| · Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Grammaticalization of Distal Demonstratives that/nà | 第40-57页 |
| · Grammaticalization of that | 第40-46页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第40-42页 |
| · From Pronominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第42-44页 |
| · From Pronominal Demonstrative to Sentence Connective | 第44页 |
| · From Pronominal Demonstrative to Complementizer | 第44-46页 |
| · Grammaticalization of nà | 第46-54页 |
| · From Pronominal Demonstrative to Sentence Connective | 第47-49页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Definite Article | 第49页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Possessive Marker | 第49-51页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Relative Clause Marker | 第51-52页 |
| · From Adnominal Demonstrative to Discourse Marker | 第52-54页 |
| · Grammaticalizations of that and nà compared | 第54-55页 |
| · Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Mechanisms and Motivations in the Grammaticalization of this/thatand zhè/nà | 第57-69页 |
| · Mechanisms in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第57-60页 |
| · Reanalysis | 第57-59页 |
| · Analogy | 第59-60页 |
| · Motivations in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第60-64页 |
| · Cognitive Motivation | 第61-62页 |
| · Pragmatic Motivation | 第62-64页 |
| · Principles in the Grammaticalization of this/that and zhè/nà | 第64-66页 |
| · Unidirectionality | 第64-65页 |
| · Graduality | 第65页 |
| · Specialization | 第65-66页 |
| · Divergence | 第66页 |
| · The Similarities and Differences between this/that and zhè/nà | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| References | 第73-77页 |
