英语名词短语前置修饰语语序的认知研究

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1. Motivations and scope of this research 1.2. Research methodology and data collection1.3. Feasibility of iconicity in word order 1.4. A brief sketch of the chapters
CHAPTER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW2.1. Studies on word order at large2.2. Previous studies on the order of coordinate idioms 2.3. Previous studies on the order of prenominal modifierswithin a noun phrase2.4. Discussion and summary
CHAPTER THREETHEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: ICONICITY ANDICONICITY PRINCIPLES3.1. Arbitrariness versus Iconicity 3.2. Three principles of Iconicity 3.3. Summary
CHAPTER FOURAN ICONIC ANALYSIS OF WORD ORDER WITHINCOORDINATE IDIOMS4.1. Definition and general properties4.2. The analysis of coordinate idioms from TemporalOrder Principle4.3. The analysis of coordinate idioms from Spatial Order 4.4. An analysis of coordinate idioms from Markedness Order 4.5. Discussion and summary
CHAPTER FIVEAN ICONIC ANALYSIS OF WORD ORDER WITHINPRENOMINAL MODIFIERS5.1. Definitions of modifiers within an English noun phrase 5.2. Classifications of modifiers 5.3. Linear order of determiners 5.4. Linear order of adjectivals as prenominal modifiers 5.5. Gradability degree of prenominal adjectives 5.6. Discussion and summary
CHAPTER SIXCONCLUSION 6.1. Findings 6.2. Limitations and further work
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