Acknowledgements Abstract 摘要 Chapter1 Introduction 1.1 Significance of the Study 1.2 Research Objectives 1.3 Research Methodology 1.4 Organization of the Book Chapter2 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 Chapter3 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 Chapter4 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 Chapter5 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 5.2.1 Proximal/distal Relation on the Space Axis 5.2.2 Verbs of Motion 5.2.3 Prepositions with Deictic Use 5.3 Time Deixis 5.3.1 Time Deictic Terms 5.3.2 Tense 5.4 Modal Deixis 5.4.1 Degrees of Epistemic Distance 5.4.2 Real Conditions and Unreal Conditions 5.5 Summary Chapter6 Reconsideration of Deixis from the Perspective of Cognition 6.1 Definition and Semantic Features 6.2 Subjectivity and Grammatical Features 6.3 Deixis as a System and Its Model Structure 6.4 Summary Chapter7 Conclusions 7.1 Summary of the Study 7.2 Major Findings of the Study 7.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies Bibliography
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