| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Motivation and Scope of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Rationale | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives and Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Syntactic Distribution of the Adjuncts | 第15-26页 |
| ·The Definition and Classification of Adjuncts | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Definition of Adjuncts | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Classification of Adjuncts | 第18-19页 |
| ·Adjunct as a Complemen | 第19-21页 |
| ·Adjunct as a Specifier | 第21-23页 |
| ·Adjunct as an Adjoining Category | 第23-25页 |
| ·Complement, Specifier and Adjunct as a Continuum | 第25-26页 |
| ·Gaps | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Adjunct Distribution and X-bar Theory | 第28-41页 |
| ·From X-bar Schema Back to XP | 第28-38页 |
| ·The Problem of Adjunct | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Problem of Complemen | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Problem of Specifier | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Problem of Intermediate Projection | 第35-36页 |
| ·Adjunct and XP+ Schema | 第36-38页 |
| ·Demonstration of Adjunct as a Phrase (XP) | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Head of Adjunct | 第38-39页 |
| ·Adjunct as a Phrase (XP) | 第39-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Four The Hypothesis of the Syntactic Distribution of Adjuncts | 第41-64页 |
| ·Adjunct Distribution and the Principles and Parameters Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·A New Design of Tree Diagram of Adjunct Distribution | 第42-52页 |
| ·A New Tree Diagram | 第42-45页 |
| ·Syntactic Principles of Adjunct Distribution | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Role of Syntax and Semantics on Adjunct Distribution | 第49-50页 |
| ·Evidence from Cross-Linguistic Data | 第50-52页 |
| ·Merge of Adjuncts in a Tree Diagram of Adjunct Distribution | 第52-62页 |
| ·The Direction of Adjunct Merge | 第52-57页 |
| ·The Property of Adjunct Merge | 第57-60页 |
| ·The Order of Adjunct Merge | 第60-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| ·Contributions | 第64页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
