张跃伟博士的这本《双及物小句的功能—构式研究》涉及的是双及物小句。作为英语中的一种主要句式，双及物小句受到了人们长期的关注，各种语言学理论从不同角度对它进行了探讨，但把系统功能语言学理论和构式语法思想结合起来对双及物小句进行研究的并不多见。此外，张跃伟博士的论文能基于真实的语料，从系统功能语言学的角度，吸取构式语法的思路，提出研究双及物小句的功能一构式框架，重点从经验元功能、语篇元功能和构式三个方面研究双及物小句在语篇中的功能特征，探索双及物小句表达经验意义的维度以及双及物小句的使用与信息结构的联系，从而说明双及物构式的使用有其特定的规律，并具有功能和认知上的动因。因此，该书一方面提供了研究双及物小句的新视角，另一方面丰富了构式语法研究的内容。该书的另一个特点是借助语料库中的真实语料，这使该研究更能真实反映双及物小句的使用情况，更具有说服力。

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Background of the Study

 1.2 Rationale of the Study

 1.3 Objectives of the Study

 1.4 Methodology

 1.5 Data Collection

 1.6 Organization of the Study

Chapter 2 Literature Review

 2.1 The Traditional Descriptive Grammar Approach

 2.2 The Syntactic Approach

 2.3 The Semantic Approach to Dative Alternation

2.3.1 Affectedness

2.3.2 Possession

2.3.3 Lexical Idiosyncrasies in Dative Alternation

2.3.4 Lexical Semantic Explanation of Dative Alternation

 2.4 The Pragmatic Approach

 2.5 The Cognitive Grammar Approach

2.5.1 CG's Treatment of Dative Alternation

2.5.2 Conceptualization of the Ditransitive Event

 2.6 Comments on Previous Research

 2.7 Summary

Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework

 3.1 SFG: Theoretical Implications for the Ditransitive Clause

3.1.1 The Multidimensional View on Language

3.1.2 Grammar as Function: Metafunctional Profile of the Clause Grammar

3.1.3 The Non-Arbitrary Relationship Between Semantics and Lexicogrammar

 3.2 CxG: Another Theoretical Perspective on the Ditransitive Clause

3.2.1 Introduction to CxG

3.2.2 CxG's Notion of "Construction"

 3.3 Compatibility and Complementarity Between SFG and CxG: The Functional-Constructional Approach

 3.4 Summary

Chapter 4 Experiential Analysis of the Ditransitive Clause

 4.1 The Experiential Metafunction in Grammar

4.1.1 Participant-Process Configurations and Process Types

4.1.2 Transitive and Ergative Models of Representation of Experience

4.1.3 The Network of Clause Types in the Transitivity System

 4.2 Beyond Transitivity: A Proper Understanding of Ditransitivity

4.2.1 A Process-Type Based Experiential Classification of the Ditransitive Clause

4.2.2 A Participant-Role Based Semantic Characterization of the Ditransitive Clause

 4.3 More on the Experiential Explanations of the Ditransitive Clause

4.3.1 Experiential Interpretation of Event Ditransitivity

4.3.2 Experiential Interpretation of Relational Ditransitivity

 4.4 Summary

Chapter 5

Textual Analysis of the Ditransitive Clause

 5.1 Information Structuring in the Ditransitive Clause

5.l.1 Information Structure: Given vs.New Information Distinction

5.1.2 Information Structure: Topic vs.Focus Information Distribution

5.1.3 Elaborations on Given-New Information: Givenness Levels

5.1.4 Information-Structuring Principles Underlying the Ditransitive Linear Order

 5.2 A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Ditransitive Clause with Respect to its Textual Motivations

5.2.1 The Distribution of the Ditransitive Clauses Across Registers

5.2.2 Textual Motivations for the Ditransitive Clause: Considerations Based on Information Status of Postverbal Nominal Groups

 5.3 Summary

Chapter 6

Ditransitive as a Construction

 6.1 The Constructional Perspective on the Ditransitive Clause

 6.2 Interaction Between Ditransitive Verbs and the Ditransitive Construction

 6.3 A Prototype Analysis of the Ditransitive Construction

6.3.1 A Preliminary Glimpse of the Ditransitive Verbs

6.3.2 An Exploration of the Ditransitive Constructional Polysemy: Based on the Prototype Theory

 6.4 Metaphorical Motivations for the Semantic Extensions of the Ditransitive Construction

6.4.1 "Causal-Event/State as Transfer-of-Object" Metaphor for the Ditransitive Construction

6.4.2 "Message-Communication as Transfer-of-Object" Metaphor for the Ditransitive Construction

6.4.3 "Directed-Action as Transfer-of-Object" Metaphor for the Ditransitive Construction

 6.5 A Case Study of the Ditransitive Light Verb Construction

6.5.1 A Semantic Characterization of the Ditransitive Light Verb Construction

6.5.2 A Usage-Based Analysis of the Ditransitive Light Verb Constructions as a Collocational Pattern

 6.6 Summary

Chapter 7 Conclusion

 7.1 Findings of the Study

 7.2 Significance of the Study

 7.3 Limitations and Future Directions for Research

Appendix 1 Data Sources

Appendix 2 Data Samples

Bibliography

Acknowledgements