| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| List of figures | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Verbs of Placement in Chinese | 第13-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Verbs of Placement in English | 第21-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Observations about Some Chinese Constructions Containing VOP | 第25-33页 |
| ·Their Structural Differences | 第25-27页 |
| ·Accounting for the Differences | 第27-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 A Comparison of the Chinese Constructions Containing VOP with Their English Counterparts | 第33-43页 |
| ·Differences concerning the Typical Construction Containing VOP in Chinese and English | 第33-40页 |
| ·Differences concerning the Extension-Type Construction in the Two Languages | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4 A Tentative Explanation of the Differences concerning the Occurrence of VOP in Relevant Constructions in the Two Languages | 第43-62页 |
| ·Accounting for Differences concerning the Typical Construction | 第43-52页 |
| ·Accounting for the Lack of Extension-Type Construction in Chinese | 第52-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69-70页 |
