| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List ofAbbrevations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Preliminaries | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Proposals | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of this Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第15页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical Framework | 第15-17页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on the Subject-object Asymmetry | 第17-25页 |
| 2.3.1 The Lexical Aspect | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3.2 The SyntacticAspect | 第18-23页 |
| 2.3.3 The SemanticAspect | 第23-25页 |
| 2.4 Problems Unsovled in Previous Researches | 第25-26页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 3 The Subject-objectAsymmetry Exhibited in Extraction | 第27-50页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第27页 |
| 3.2 The Existence of Subject-object Asymmetry | 第27-33页 |
| 3.2.1 The Existence of Subject-object Asymmetry in English | 第28-31页 |
| 3.2.2 The Existence of Subject-object Asymmetry in Mandarin Chinese | 第31-33页 |
| 3.3 The Subject-Object Asymmetry in Extraction in Mandarin Chinese | 第33-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Asymmetry Exhibited in the Strong Crossover | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Asymmetry Exhibited in the Subjacency Condition | 第35-48页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 4 The Suspension of the Subject-objectAsymmetry in Extraction | 第50-58页 |
| 4.1 Nominals Effect on the Subject-object Asymmetry | 第50-53页 |
| 4.1.1 Nominal Specificity Effect on Subject-object Asymmetry | 第50-53页 |
| 4.1.2 Nominal Part-whole Semantic Relation Effect on subject-objectAsymmetry | 第53页 |
| 4.2 Predicate Verbs Effect on Subject-object Asymmetry | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3 Sentential Factors Effect on Subject-object Asymmetry | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.1 Negator Effect on Subject-object Asymmetry | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3.2 Focus Effect on Subject-object Asymmetry | 第56-57页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Main Discussion and Major Findings | 第58-59页 |
| Limitations and suggestions for further investigation | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix B Data Cited in this Thesis | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix C 详细中文摘要 | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71-72页 |
