《认知语法基础（1）理论前提》是二卷本著作的第一卷。它介绍了一种全新的与以往完全不同的语言结构和语言学调查概念。认知语法的核心主张是语法与词汇构成一个连续体．可以通过象征单位（形式一意义配对）加以描述。与目前正统的观念相对，作者主张语法不能脱离语义独立存在，它是概念内容的构成和象征关系的表达式。

Praface
Introduction and Overview
Part Ⅰ：Orientation
1.Guiding Assumptions
GeneralAssumptions
MethodologicalAssumptions
2.Fundamental Concepts
TheNature ofa Grammar
TheNature ofGrammaticalStructure
Componentiality and Correspondence
Part Ⅱ：Semantic Structure
3.Cognitive Abilities
Mental Experience
Autonomous Processing
Focal Adjustments
Transformation
4.Domains
types of Domains
DictionariesandEncyclopedias
Motion，Ordering，andDistance
5.Things
Profile andBase
BoundedRegions
AnAbstract
Characterization
Spatial Bounding and Shape
6.Atemporal Relations
RelationalProfiles
Basic ConceptualRelations
Trajector and Landmark
7.Processes
TheTemporalProfile
Perfective vs.1mperfectiveProcesses
Dimensions ofComplexity
part Ⅲ
8.Valence Relations
Correspondence
Profiling 14~thbl Constrbtctto
Ausonomy and pendence
Constituency
Canonical
Valence Rlations.324.
9.Symbolic Units
ThePhonological Pole
The Semantic Pole
Symbolic Relationships
10.Categorization and Context
　Complex Cmegories
　　SchematicNetworks
BipolarN　etworks
　　Context
11.Sanction and Distribution
　Constructions and Distribution
　　Systemic Motivation
　 Actualization，Computation，andAnalogy
12.Composition
Analyzabillry and Related Phenomena
　　Composition as Categorization
ConclusionandPreview
Glossary
References