Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Significance of the Study
1.2 Research Objectives
1.3 Research Methodology
1.4 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Traditional Studies on Deixis
2.1 Main Contributions Made by Philosophers and Linguists
2.2 General Description of Deixis
　　2.2.1 Characteristics of Deixis
　　2.2.2 Definition of Deixis
　　2.2.3 Semantic Features of Deixis
　　2.2.4 Classification of Deixis
　　2.2.5 Usages of Deixis
2.3 Main Problems in the Traditional Studies
　　 2.3.1 Lack of Nature-based Definition
　　 2.3.2 Deictic Projection
　　 2.3.3 Vague Relations between Categories of Deixis
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Cognitive Approaches to Deixis
3.1 Introduction: Epistemic Basis of Deixis
3.2 Epistemic Grounding
　　3.2.1 Grounding Elements and Their Deictic Nature
　　3.2.2 Types of Deictic Expressions
　　3.2.3 Cognitive Motivations of Deictic Expressions
3.3 Mental Spaces
　　3.3.1 Basic Ideas of Mental Spaces
　　3.3.2 Application of Mental Spaces in the Study of Deixis
3.4 Vantage Point and Field of Vision
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 Toward a Cognitive Model of Deixis
4.1 Introduction: a Model Based on Situation and Cognition
4.2 Cognitive Motivations for the Model
　　4.2.1 Viewpoint and Viewpoint Shift
　　4.2.2 Conceptual Metaphor
　　4.2.3 Epistemic Models
4.3 Structure of the Model
　　4.3.1 A Three-axis Coordinate System
　　4.3.2 Vector and Vector Space
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Semantic Configuration of Deixis in the Model
5.1 Person Deixis
　　5.1.1 Person Deixis on the Space Axis
　　5.1.2 Deictic Projection between Persons
5.2 Space Deixis
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Chapter 6 Reconsideration of Deixis from the Perpective of Congnition
Chapter 7 Conclusions
Bibliography
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