Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The preliminary
1.2 The special status of demonstratives in language
1.3 The rationale for this study
1.4 The key research questions of this study
1.5 The significance of this study
1.6 The organization of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Studies of demonstratives in the philosophic approach
2.3 Studies of demonstratives in the pragmatic approach
2.4 Studies of demonstratives in the discourse analysis approach
2.5 Studies of demonstratives in the linguistic approach
2.6 Studies of demonstratives in the cognitive approach
2.7 A critique of the previous analysis of deixis and demonstratives
2.8 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations and Research Framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical Foundations
3.3 Research framework
Chapter 4 Experiment 1 : Relationship between Distances and Modes of Pointing and the Choice of Demonstratives
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Target of research
4.3 Hypothesis
4.4 Method
4.5 Results
4.6 Discussion
Chapter 5 Experiment 2 : Relationship between Visibility and the Choice of Demonstratives
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Target of research
5.3 Hypothesis
5.4 Method
5.5 Results
5.6 Discussion
Chapter 6 Experiment 3 : Relationship between Size and the Choice of Demonstratives
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Target of research
6.3 Hypothesis
6.4 Method
6.5 Results
6.6 Discussion
Chapter 7 Experiment 4 : Relationship between Emotions and the Choice of Demonstratives.
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Target of research
7.3 Hypothesis
7.4 Method
7.5 Results
7.6 Discussion
Chapter 8 Experiment 5 : Relationship between the Sequence and the Choice of Demonstratives
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Target of research
8.3 Hypothesis
8.4 Method
8.5 Results
8.6 Discussion
Chapter 9 Experiment 6 : Relationship between Speaker's or Addressee's Territory and the Choice Of Demonstratives
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Target of research
9.3 Hypothesis
9.4 Method
9.5 Results
9.6 Discussion
Chapter 10 General Discussion
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The factors influencing the speaker's choice of spatial demonstratives
10.3 The nature of the relationship between distance and spatial demonstratives
10.4 A theoretical framework for the situational use of spatial demonstratives
10.5 The physio-psychological bases for the mental space building view
10.6 The advantages of the mental space building view of spatial demonstratives
10.7 Implications for the relationship between cognition, language and reality
Chapter 11 Conclusions, Limitations, and Suggestions for Future Research
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Conclusions
11.3 Limitations
11.4 Suggestions for future research
Appendix A The Results of DCT (A) ( with the Instruction: Fill in the blank with one word)
Appendix B The Results of DCT ( B ) ( with the Instruction: Fill in the blank with zhe or na )
Appendix C The Results of Experiment 1
Appendix D The Results of Experiment 2
Appendix E Tasks about the Size and the Sequence
Appendix F Tasks about Territories
Appendix G Tasks about the Emotions and the Sequence
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