封面
声明
致谢
目录
英文摘要
中文摘要
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance
1.3 Methodology and Data Collection
1.4 Organization
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Synchronic Description of the There Construction
2.2 Diachronic Approach to the There Construction
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Diachronic Construction Grammar
3.2 Constructional Change and Constructionalization
3.3 Summary
Chapter Four The There Construction in Contemporary English
4.1 Two Independent Constructions of the There Construction
4.2 Syntactic and Semantic Characteristics of the There Construction
4.3 Summary
Chapter Five Change from the Existentials to the Deictics
5.1 The Existential There Construction as the Source
5.2 Process of Change from the Existential There Construction to the Deictic There Construction
5.3 Summary
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings and Implications
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions
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