Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Studies of Future be going to
2.2 Corpus-Based Studies of Future be going to
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Origin of Grammaticalization
3.2 Development of Grammaticalization
3.2.1 Reburgeoning of Grammaticalization Study (1960-1980)
3.2.2 Flourishing of Grammaticalization Study (1990-2000)
3.2.3 New Trends in Grammaticalization Study (the 21st Century)
3.2.4 The Latest Development of Grammaticalization (Combination with Corpus)
3.3 Preliminaries of Grammaticalization
3.3.1 Cline
3.3.2 Unidirectionality
3.3.3 Degrammaticalization: Counterexample to Unidirectionality
3.4 Frequency Theory and Grammaticalization
3.5 Contexts and Grammaticalization
3.5.1 Profile to Contexts
3.5.2 Critical Frequency Hypothesis and Grammaticalization
3.6 Grammaticalization of be going to
Chapter 4 Full Grammaticalization of Future be going to
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Corpora
4.2.2 Data Collection
4.3 Full Grammaticalization of be going to
4.3.1 Be going to + Mental Verb
4.3.2 Non-Animate Subject + be going to
4.3.3 Be going to + Passive Verb
4.4 Diachronic Distribution of be going to
4.5 Grammatical Category of be going to
4.6 Summary
Chapter 5 Critical Frequency of Future be going to
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methodology
5.2.1 Corpora
5.2.2 Data Retrieval
5.3 Critical Frequency of be going to
5.3.1 Origin of the "be going to + V" Construction
5.3.2 Grammaticalization and Frequency
5.3.3 Critical Context and Critical Frequency
5.3.4 The Grammaticalization Process of be going to
5.3.5 The Synchronic Intensity and Diachronic Thickness of be going to
5.4 The Relevance between General Frequency and Critical Frequency of be going to
5.5 Further Directions
5.6 Summary
Chapter 6 Syntactic Context of Future be going to
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methodology
