| CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-10页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第10-15页 |
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第15-32页 |
| ·Defining bi-constituent sentences | 第15-21页 |
| ·Review of the literature | 第21-29页 |
| ·Some general accounts | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies within the P&P approach | 第23-29页 |
| ·Xing(1990) | 第23-26页 |
| ·Fan(1996) | 第26-27页 |
| ·Si(2001) | 第27-29页 |
| ·Proposal | 第29-30页 |
| ·Organization | 第30-32页 |
| 2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第32-52页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·The framework of BEA | 第32-43页 |
| ·BEA perspective of language | 第33页 |
| ·Derivation of EXPs in BEA | 第33-35页 |
| ·Derivational operations in BEA | 第35-37页 |
| ·Fully derived structure of finite clauses in BEA | 第37-38页 |
| ·Development of the θ-Theory and the Case Theory in BEA | 第38-43页 |
| ·New ideas about the θ-Theory in BEA | 第39-40页 |
| ·New ideas about the Case Theory in BEA | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Tense Hypothesis | 第43-51页 |
| ·PRO in the minimalist framework | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Tense Hypothesis about PRO's distribution | 第46-49页 |
| ·Cross-linguistic evidence for the Tense Hypothesis | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| 3 TYPOLOGY OF BC SENTENCES | 第52-78页 |
| ·Introduction | 第52页 |
| ·The concept of causativity | 第52-55页 |
| ·Classification of BC sentences by causativity | 第55-65页 |
| ·PRO's distribution in the four types of BC sentences | 第65-76页 |
| ·The existence of empty categories in BC sentences | 第66-68页 |
| ·Infinitive clauses in BC sentences | 第68-71页 |
| ·Distribution of PRO subject in BC sentences | 第71-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-78页 |
| 4 INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF BC SENTENCES WITH PRO | 第78-96页 |
| ·Introduction | 第78页 |
| ·Base-generated structure of BC sentences with PRO subject | 第78-85页 |
| ·Base-generated structure of the first subtype | 第80-82页 |
| ·Base-generated structure of the second subtype | 第82-85页 |
| ·Full derivations of BC sentences with the PRO subject | 第85-93页 |
| ·Full derivation of the first subtype | 第85-90页 |
| ·Full derivation of the second subtype | 第90-93页 |
| ·The account of bi-constituent in BC sentences with PRO | 第93-96页 |
| 5 INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF BC SENTENCES WITHOUT PRO | 第96-111页 |
| ·Introduction | 第96页 |
| ·Base-generated structures of BC sentences without PRO | 第96-102页 |
| ·Base-generated structure of the third subtype | 第97-100页 |
| ·Base-generated structure of the fourth subtype | 第100-102页 |
| ·Full derivations of BC sentences without PRO | 第102-109页 |
| ·Full derivation of the third subtype | 第103-106页 |
| ·Full derivation of the fourth subtype | 第106-109页 |
| ·The account of bi-constituent in BC sentences without PRO | 第109-110页 |
| ·Summary | 第110-111页 |
| 6 CONCLUSION | 第111-117页 |
| ·My major findings | 第111-113页 |
| ·Superiority of the present study | 第113-115页 |
| ·Topics for further research | 第115-117页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第117-122页 |
