《空间指示语的实验语用学研究》是认知语言学和语用学跨学科研究的前沿成果，研究方法遵循了心理语言学的研究范式。作者批判了在空间指示语的语义解释中存在的空间距离观，提出了心理空间建构观，并且建立了一个理论框架来解释空间指示语的使用。
《空间指示语的实验语用学研究》作者徐学平指出，决定指示语选择的真正因素是心理距离；空间指示语所表征的远近之意从根本上说具有体验性和图式性。
《空间指示语的实验语用学研究》从认知-体验视角研究汉语空间指示语“这”、“那”、“这里”、“那里”在具体情境中的使用，即它们的外指用法。以往的研究过多关注内指用法，而对貌似简单的外指用法忽视甚多。 本研究采用认知-体验视角不仅揭示了空间距离观在解释空间指示语的语义时所表现出的不足和不严密性，而且拓宽了研究指示现象的方法，从理论上加深了对指示现象的认识。
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
References
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