| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第13-24页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Description of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” Complex words | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第14-20页 |
| 1.3 Research Objective and Significance | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Paper | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two:Theoretical Framework | 第24-34页 |
| 2.1 Distributed Morphology | 第24-29页 |
| 2.1.1 a piece-based framework | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.2 root morpheme and category-defining morpheme | 第27-28页 |
| 2.1.3 root cycle and outer cycle | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2 Argument Structure | 第29-31页 |
| 2.3 Mirror Principle | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4 Reference and Meaning | 第32-34页 |
| 2.4.1 property of noun reference | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4.2 patterns of reference | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three:The Overt Representations on English “Object-Verb Nuclear”Complex Words | 第34-48页 |
| 3.1 Morphological Properties of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” Complex Words | 第34-38页 |
| 3.1.1 stability and integrity | 第34-35页 |
| 3.1.2 fixed morpheme order and participation of bound morpheme | 第35-37页 |
| 3.1.3 null production of a word “object-verb nuclear” | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.4 productivity | 第38页 |
| 3.2 Syntactic Properties of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” Complex Words | 第38-41页 |
| 3.2.1 endocentric and hierarchical property | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2 integrity of derivation | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3 Semantic Properties of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” Complex Words | 第41-45页 |
| 3.3.1 predictability and transparency | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3.2 vagueness | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3.3 absence of signified and signifier | 第44-45页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four:Syntactic and Morphological Analysis of English “Object-VerbNuclear” Complex Words | 第48-65页 |
| 4.1 Factors of Syntactic Derivation of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” ComplexWords | 第48-53页 |
| 4.1.1 compounding process from the viewpoint of syntactic level | 第48-49页 |
| 4.1.2 nominalization of verb | 第49-51页 |
| 4.1.3 the participation of outer cycle | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2 The Generative Mechanism of English “Object-Verb Nuclear” ComplexWords | 第53-61页 |
| 4.2.1 the compounding process of “truck-driver" and ”truck-driving” | 第54-60页 |
| 4.2.2 the intermediate process of formation of English “object-verb nuclear”complex words | 第60-61页 |
| 4.3 The Inflection in English “Object-Verb Nuclear” Complex Words | 第61-63页 |
| 4.3.1 the overview of inflection in DM | 第62页 |
| 4.3.2 the absence of noun reference | 第62-63页 |
| 4.3.3 the analysis of prohibition on -s in~*trucks-driver | 第63页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| References | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第71页 |
