| ACKNOWLEGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| 前言 | 第6-15页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| 1.1 Literature review | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2 The aims and scope | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO NEGATIVE CONTRACTION OF ENGLISH | 第22-34页 |
| 2.1 Varieties of English negation | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2 Varieties of English contraction | 第25-34页 |
| 2.2.1 The auxiliary contraction vs the negative contraction | 第26-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Frequency of auxiliary contraction vs negative contraction | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE REALIZATIONS OF -N'T | 第34-43页 |
| 3.1 Phonological realization | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2 Morphological realization | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3 Syntactic realization | 第38-39页 |
| 3.4 cliticization or inflection | 第39-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF -N'T | 第43-55页 |
| 4.1 The origin of -n't | 第43页 |
| 4.2 The syntax of haven't/hasn't/hadn't | 第43-48页 |
| 4.3 The syntax of isn't/aren't/wasn't/weren't | 第48-50页 |
| 4.4 the syntax of don't//doesn't/didn't | 第50-52页 |
| 4.5 THE SYNTAX OF WON'T/CAN'T/MUSTN'T/SHOULDN'T/NEEDN'T | 第52-53页 |
| 4.6 The syntax of non-standard form ain't | 第53-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE SEMANTIC ROLE OF -N'T | 第55-58页 |
| CHAPTER SIX PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF -N'T | 第58-66页 |
| 6.1 The use of -n't IN daily life | 第58-62页 |
| 6.2 the unacceptable form *amn't | 第62-63页 |
| 6.3 The use of -n't with ever and any | 第63-66页 |
| REFERENCES: | 第66-69页 |
