| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Description of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第14页 |
| ·Research Background and Research Questions | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Hypotheses and Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| ·Framework of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Researches on English Compounds | 第18-23页 |
| ·External Structure | 第18-21页 |
| ·Internal Semantic Relationship | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第23-33页 |
| ·Definition of Categorization and Its importance | 第23-24页 |
| ·Classical Theory of Category and its Challenges | 第24-27页 |
| ·Levels of Categorization | 第27-30页 |
| ·Basic-level Category | 第27-28页 |
| ·Superordinate Category | 第28-30页 |
| ·Subordinate-level Category | 第30页 |
| ·Prototype in Subordinate-level | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Categorization and Adjectival Compounds | 第33-42页 |
| ·Word Category and its Hierarchical System | 第33-39页 |
| ·EAC and its Subordinate-level Category | 第36-38页 |
| ·"X+V_(-PP)" EAC in Subordinate-level Category | 第38-39页 |
| ·CM of the Categorization of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Categorical Process in "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第42-63页 |
| ·Motivations of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第42-44页 |
| ·Morphological Motivation | 第43页 |
| ·Semantic Motivation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Categorization of External Structure of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第44-47页 |
| ·"X" Categorized into Nouns | 第44页 |
| ·"X" Categorized into Adjectives | 第44-45页 |
| ·"X" Categorized into Adverbs | 第45页 |
| ·"X" Categorized into Prepositions | 第45-46页 |
| ·"X" Categorized into Verbs and Past-participles | 第46-47页 |
| ·Internal Semantic Relationship of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第47-50页 |
| ·Action--Situation and Means | 第47-48页 |
| ·Action--Degree and Comparison | 第48页 |
| ·Action--Agent and Recipient | 第48-49页 |
| ·Action--Time and Place | 第49-50页 |
| ·Action--Cause and Result | 第50页 |
| ·Discussions | 第50-61页 |
| ·Prototypical Knowledge of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第53-56页 |
| ·Semantic Cognition of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第56-57页 |
| ·Analysis of CM of "X+V_(-PP)" EAC | 第57-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Principal Findings and Achievements | 第63-64页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Implications | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations and expectations for further study | 第65-66页 |
| References | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-74页 |
