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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Orientation
1.2 Rationale for the Present Research
1.3 Key Research Questions
1.4 Contents of the Remaining Chapters
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Overview
2.2 Defining Ditransitive Construction
2.3 Researches on Ditransitive Construction
2.3.1 The Structural Approach
2.3.2 The Transformational Approach
2.3.3 Cognitive Approach to Ditransitive Construction
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework: Construction Grammar
3.1 Overview
3.2 Background and Development of Construction Grammar
3.3 Definition of Construction
3.4 Tenets of Construction Grammar
3.5 The Interaction of Verb and Construction
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4 Ditransitive Construction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Semantic Properties of the Arguments
4.2.1 Semantic Properties of the Agent
4.2.2 Semantic Constraints on the Recipient
4.2.3 Semantic Constraints on the Patient Argument
4.3 Classification of Verbs in the Ditransitive Construction
4.3.1 Gropen's Classification of Ditransitive Verbs
4.3.2 Goldberg's Classification of Ditransitive Verbs
4.3.3 Xu Shenghuan's Classification of Ditransitive Verbs
4.3.4 Classifications of Ditransitive Verbs in This Thesis
4.4 Relationship between Ditransitive Construction and Dative Construction
4.5 Summary
Chapter 5 The Study
5.1 Overview
5.2 Pilot Study
5.3 Research Questions
5.4 Subjects
5.5 Research Design
5.5.1 Questionnaire One
5.5.2 Questionnaire Two
5.6 Procedures
5.7 Data Analysis
5.7.1 Scoring
5.7.2 Statistical Computation
Chapter 6 Results and Discussion
6.1 Overview
6.2 Results concerning the Three Ditransitive Verbs
6.3 The Qualitative Analysis of Questionnaire One
6.4 Results for Research Question Two
6.5 Summary of the Study and Discussion
Chapter 7 Conclusions and Pedagogic Implications
7.1 Overview
7.2 Major Findings of the Study
7.3 Pedagogic Implications
7.4 Limitations and Issues for Further Research
References
Appendix