德語作為一門屈折語和中文這種孤立語有著非常
大的區別，在指示代詞的使用方面也不例外。這些區
別對以中文為母語的德語二語習得者的學習有怎樣的
影響、究竟應該如何正確使用德語的近指和遠指，都
是要解決的核心問題。在林琳著的《德語指示詞研究
(基於哥倫比亞學派框架的再思考)》中，這些詞的用
法會被放在語篇及文本中進行討論；同時，對近指和
遠指概念的定義也不局限在空間遠近上，還包括時間
遠近及情感親疏。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introductory Remarks
1.2 The Problem
1.3 Literature Review
1.4 Research Methodology
Chapter 2 Demonstratives
2.1 The Nature of Demonstratives
2.2 The Scope of the Study
2.3 Typological Features of the Chinese and German Languages
Chapter 3 The German Demonstratives
3.1 The System of NUMBER
3.2 The System of DIFFERENTIATION
3.3 The System of DEIXIS
Chapter 4 The Chinese Demonstratives
4.1 A Language Without an Article System
4.2 The Problem
4.3 The Hypothesis
4.4 Qualitative Validation
4.5 Quantitative Validation
4.6 Alternative Studies
4.7 Conclusion
Chapter 5 German and Chinese Demonstratives in Discourse
5.1 The Data
5.2 Overview
5.3 Similarities in the Use of German and Chinese Demonstratives
5.4 Differences Between the Use of the German and Chinese Demonstratives
5.5 Conclusion
5.6 Discussion
References
Acknowledgements