《空間指示語的實驗語用學(xué)研究》是認知語言學(xué)和語用學(xué)跨學(xué)科研究的前沿成果，研究方法遵循了心理語言學(xué)的研究范式。作者批判了在空間指示語的語義解釋中存在的空間距離觀，提出了心理空間建構(gòu)觀，并且建立了一個理論框架來解釋空間指示語的使用。
《空間指示語的實驗語用學(xué)研究》作者徐學(xué)平指出，決定指示語選擇的真正因素是心理距離；空間指示語所表征的遠近之意從根本上說具有體驗性和圖式性。
《空間指示語的實驗語用學(xué)研究》從認知-體驗視角研究漢語空間指示語“這”、“那”、“這里”、“那里”在具體情境中的使用，即它們的外指用法。以往的研究過多關(guān)注內(nèi)指用法，而對貌似簡單的外指用法忽視甚多。 本研究采用認知-體驗視角不僅揭示了空間距離觀在解釋空間指示語的語義時所表現(xiàn)出的不足和不嚴(yán)密性，而且拓寬了研究指示現(xiàn)象的方法，從理論上加深了對指示現(xiàn)象的認識。
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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