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Abstract 3-4
摘要 5-10
Chapter One Introduction 10-14
1.1 Definition of the Way Construction 10-11
1.2 Objectives of the Thesis 11-13
1.3 Organization of the Thesis 13-14
Chapter Two Literature review 14-20
2.1 Introduction 14
2.2 Previous Research on the Way Construction 14-20
2.2.1 The Construction Grammar on the Way Construction 14-18
2.2.2 The lexical complex predicate approach 18-20
Chapter Three Theoretical framework 20-34
3.1 Construction Grammar 20-30
3.1.1 The Concept of Construction 21-23
3.1.2 The Nature of Verb Meaning 23-24
3.1.3 The Nature of Constructional Meaning 24-25
3.1.4 The Integration between Verb and Construction 25-26
3.1.5 Relations among Constructions 26-27
3.1.6 Advantages of the Construction Grammar 27-30
3.2 Metonymy 30-32
3.3 Metonymy Coercion 32-34
Chapter Four Construction Grammar approach on the Way Construction 34-72
4.1 Introduction 34-35
4.2 The Existence of the Way Construction 35-43
4.2.1 Conflicts between the Inherent Semantics of Way Verbs and the Constructional Interpretation 37-40
4.2.2 Non-derivational Characteristics of the Way Construction 40-43
4.3 Syntactic Features of the Way Construction 43-50
4.3.1 Unergative verbs 44-46
4.3.2 POSS WAY as an effected entity 46-49
4.3.3 Directional propositional phrase 49-50
4.4 Semantic Features of the Way Construction 50-58
4.4.1 The Means Interpretation: Creation of a path 53-54
4.4.2 The Manner Interpretation: unusual manner 54-56
4.4.3 The Incidental activity Interpretation 56-58
4.5 Semantic Constraints 58-63
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