Chapter One Introduction

　1.1 Motivations of the Research

　1.2 Objectives of the Research

　1.3 Methodology

　1.4 Layout of the Thesis

Chapter Two Literature Review

　2.1 Introduction

　2.2 Review of POS Studies

　2.3 Review on the Studies of Word Classes

　　2.3.1 The Essence of Setting up Word Classes

　　2.3.2 The Criteria of Setting up Word Classes

　2.4 Review on the Studies of Modern Chinese Localizers

　　2.4.1 Localizers as a Subcategory of Noun

　　2.4.2 Localizers as an Independent Word Class

　　2.4.3 Other Opinions

　 2.5 Summary

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework

　 3.1 Introduction

　 3.2 The Theory of Categorization, Decategorization and Recategorization

　　3.2.1 Categorization

　　3.2.2 The Classical Theory of Categorization

　　3.2.3 The Prototype Theory of Categorization

　　3.2.4 The Theory of Decategorization and Recategorization

　3.3 The Theory of Grammatical Metaphor

　　3.3.1 The General Overview of Grammatical Metaphor

　　3.3.2 Grammatical Metaphor as One of the Mechanisms of Decategorization and Recategorization

　3.4 Summary

Chapter Four Results and Discussion

　4.l Introduction

　4.2 Overall Description of Statistical Results

　4.3 The Major Group

　　4.3.1 Overall Description of the Ma~or Group

　　4.3.2 Case Studies

　　4.3.3 Discussion of the Major Group

　4.4 The Minor Group

　　4.4.1 Overall Description of the Minor Group

　　4.4.2 Case Studies

　　4.4.3 Discussion of the Minor Group

　4.5 Discussion

　4.6 Summary

Chapter Five Conclusion

　5.1 Major Findings of the Study

　5.2 Limitations of the Study

　5.3 Suggestions for Future Study

References

Appendices

　Appendix I Localizer Lexemes with One Sense in CCD5

　Appendix II Loealizer Lexemes with Multiple Word Classesin CCD5

　Appendix III The Retrieval Results of Loealizers from CCL Corpus

　Appendix IV The Classification of Localizers in CCD5 Based on Word Formation

　Appendix V A Comparison of Localizers POS-labeling in SDMC and CCD5

　Appendix VI On Word Class Status of Modem Chinese Localizers 105

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Tables

　Table 4.1 Labeling Distribution of Localizers in CCD5

　Table 4.2 The Comparison of Two Multiple-POS LocalizerLexemes Labeling in CCD5 and SDMC

　Table 4.3 The Expressive Functions of “以前”

　Table 4.4 The Expressive Functions of “前面”

　Table 4.5 The Expressive Functions of “上下”

　Table 4.6 The Expressive Functions of “左右”