论文目录 | |
| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| · Background | 第13-16页 |
| · Purpose and Significance | 第16页 |
| · Methodology and Data Collection | 第16-18页 |
| · Organization | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-35页 |
| · Synchronic Description of the There Construction | 第20-32页 |
| · The Subject of the There Construction | 第20-23页 |
| · Non-concord in the There Construction | 第23-25页 |
| · The Definiteness Effect of NP after VP | 第25-27页 |
| · Classification of the There Construction | 第27-30页 |
| · Formation of the There Construction | 第30-32页 |
| · Diachronic Approach to the There Construction | 第32-33页 |
| · Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第35-42页 |
| · Diachronic Construction Grammar | 第35-38页 |
| · Basic Concept of Diachronic Construction Grammar | 第35页 |
| · Factors Relevant to Diachronic Construction Grammar | 第35-38页 |
| · Constructional Change and Constructionalization | 第38-40页 |
| · Definition of Constructional Change and Constructionalization | 第38-39页 |
| · The Relation of Constructional Change to Constructionalization | 第39页 |
| · Mechanisms of Change | 第39页 |
| · Grammatical Constructionalization | 第39-40页 |
| · Summary | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four The There Construction in Contemporary English | 第42-60页 |
| · Two Independent Constructions of the There Construction | 第42-44页 |
| · Syntactic and Semantic Characteristics of the There Construction | 第44-57页 |
| · Syntactic and Semantic Characteristics of the Existential ThereConstruction | 第44-52页 |
| · Syntactic and Semantic Characteristics of the Deictic ThereConstruction | 第52-57页 |
| · Summary | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter Five Change from the Existentials to the Deictics | 第60-73页 |
| · The Existential There Construction as the Source | 第60-64页 |
| · Synchronic Evidence for the Existential There Construction as the Source | 第60-62页 |
| · Diachronic Evidence for the Existential There Construction as the Source | 第62-64页 |
| · Process of Change from the Existential There Construction to the DeicticThere Construction | 第64-72页 |
| · Constructional Change and Constructionalization of the Existential ThereConstruction | 第64-66页 |
| · Constructional Change and Constructionalization of the Dectic ThereConstruction | 第66-70页 |
| · Schematicity, Productivity and Compositionality | 第70-72页 |
| · Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第73-78页 |
| · Major Findings and Implications | 第73-76页 |
| · Limitations and Suggestions | 第76-78页 |
| Reference | 第78-83页 |
