| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background and Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Terminology and Definitions | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definition of the English Genitive | 第12-14页 |
| ·Definitions of Ship and Vessel | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions and Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-34页 |
| ·Theoretical Overview of the English Genitive | 第17-21页 |
| ·Jespersen's View on the Genitive | 第17-18页 |
| ·Chomsky's View on the Genitive | 第18-19页 |
| ·Safir's View on the Genitive | 第19-21页 |
| ·Classification of the English Genitive | 第21-30页 |
| ·Semantic Classification of S-genitive and Of-phrase | 第21-28页 |
| ·Possessive Genitive | 第22-24页 |
| ·Subjective Genitive | 第24页 |
| ·Objective Genitive | 第24-25页 |
| ·Subjective Complement | 第25-26页 |
| ·Partitive Genitive | 第26页 |
| ·Descriptive Genitive | 第26-28页 |
| ·Other Genitives | 第28页 |
| ·The Independent Genitive | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Group Genitive | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Double Genitive | 第30页 |
| ·The Choice Between the S-Genitive and Of-Phrase | 第30-34页 |
| ·Lexical Factors | 第31页 |
| ·Relational Factors | 第31-32页 |
| ·Objective and Subjective Relation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Communicative Factors | 第33页 |
| ·Collocation Factors | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第34-37页 |
| ·A Corpus-based Approach | 第34页 |
| ·Corpus Used in the Study | 第34-35页 |
| ·Tools for Data Processing | 第35-36页 |
| ·Procedure for Data Processing | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第37-59页 |
| ·The Distributions and Frequencies of Genitive in NEC | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Distributions and Frequencies of the Genitive of Ship and Vessel in NEC | 第38-40页 |
| ·Comparison Between S-genitive and Of-phrase of Ship and Vessel | 第40-59页 |
| ·Possessive Genitive | 第41-44页 |
| ·Subjective Genitive | 第44-46页 |
| ·Objective Genitive | 第46-48页 |
| ·Subjective Complement | 第48-50页 |
| ·Partitive Genitive | 第50-53页 |
| ·Descriptive Genitive | 第53-58页 |
| ·Comparison of S-genitive Between Ship and Vessel on Descriptive Genitive | 第53-57页 |
| ·Comparison of Of-phrase Between SHIP and VESSEL on Descriptive Genitive | 第57-58页 |
| ·Other Genitives | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-61页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第61-63页 |
| Refefences | 第63-66页 |
| Appendices | 第66-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Part of the Distributions of the S-genitive of Ship and Vessel | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Part of the Distributions of the Of-phrase of Ship and Vessel | 第69-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| Resume | 第75页 |
