| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| ·The Compounds of Chinese Language | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Two Forms of Chinese Verb-Object Compounds | 第9-12页 |
| ·The Structure of an NV Compound | 第12-18页 |
| Chapter 2 The Syntactic Category of NV and VN Compounds | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Database | 第18-21页 |
| ·Word-formation Rules for VN and NV compounds | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 3 VN Verbs and NV nouns | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Semantic and Syntactic Properties of VN Verbs | 第22-27页 |
| ·NV Nouns as Nominalization of the Verbal Phrase | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 4 The Semantic Constraints of the Constituents | 第32-42页 |
| ·Animacy of the Nominal constituent | 第32-36页 |
| ·The of Argument Structure of VN and NV Compounds | 第36-42页 |
| Chapter 5 Lexicalization | 第42-58页 |
| ·NV Verbs | 第44-48页 |
| ·VN Nouns | 第48-54页 |
| ·Compounds of Ambiguous Syntatic Categories | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary of Findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Discussion for Furthur Research | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-65页 |
