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Acknowledgments
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of Cognitive Study
1.2 Methodology of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two An Overview on Studies of the Historical Present Tense
2.1 Historical Present Tense in Narrative
2.1.1 Traditional Theory of Historical Present Tense
2.1.2 Semantic View of Historical Present Tense
2.1.3 Syntactic View of Historical Present Tense
2.1.4 Conversational Historical Present
2.1.5 Historical Present in the Theory of Consciousness
2.2 Arguments and Hypotheses
2.2.1 Arguments of Previous Study
2.2.2 Hypotheses
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three Viewing Arrangement and Tense-Alternation
3.1 Cognitive Grammar
3.1.1 Construal
3.1.2 Stage Model
3.1.3 Viewing Arrangement
3.2 Tense and Person
3.2.1 Tense and Person Distribution in Reporting
3.2.2 Person
3.3 Elucidation of Reporting Processes
3.4 Cognitive Recollection Model
3.4.1Construal of Perceived Events
3.4.2 Construal of Remembered Events
3.5 Self-ldentity in Narrative
3.5.1 Maintenance of Ego in Tense-Alternation
3.5.2 Cognitive Monitoring
3.6 Psychological Involvement in Narrative
3.6.1 Features of Psychological Involvement
3.6.2 Gradient of Psychological Involvement
3.7 “I Says” in Narrative
3.8 Summary
Chapter Four Tense and Attitude
4.1 “Say” and “Said”
4.1.1 Use of “Says” and “Said” in Single Speaker's Speech
4.1.2 Use of “Say” and “Said” in Pair
4.2 Attitude Reflection
4.2.1 Attitude of “Said” and “Say” in Conflict
4.2.2 Attitude of “Said” and “Say” in Other Situation
4.3 Summary
Chapter Five Tense and Consciousness Flow
5.1 Consciousness Flow in Narrative
5.2 Consciousness Flow and Discourse Introducer Tense
5.2.1 Consciousness Flow in Adjacency Pair
5.2.2 Consciousness in a Single Speaker's Speech
5.3 Consciousness Flow in Repetition of Dialogue-Introducers
5.3.1 Pre-Posing Double Dialogue-Introducers
5.3.2 Post-Posing Dialogue-Introducers
5.3.3 Restatements
5.4 Summary
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Findings of the Study
6.2 Suggestions for Further Study
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