| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Theoretical Assumptions | 第12-19页 |
| ·Minimalist Program | 第12-15页 |
| ·Features and Features Checking | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Configuration for Subject-verb Agreement:Theoretical Proposals | 第17-19页 |
| ·Layout of This Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two There-existential Constructions | 第21-32页 |
| ·General Properties of there-existential Constructions | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Categorical Features of Elements in there-existential Constructions | 第24-29页 |
| ·Expletive there | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Status of Verb | 第26-27页 |
| ·A Typology of NPs | 第27-29页 |
| ·Existential Constructions and the Full Interpretation Principle | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Agreement in There-existential Constructions | 第32-49页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第32-43页 |
| ·LF Associate Raising | 第32-34页 |
| ·Problems with LF Associate Raising | 第34-37页 |
| ·Discontinuous DP Hypothesis | 第37-39页 |
| ·Feature Raising/Long-distance Agreement and Its Problem | 第39-40页 |
| ·Virus Theory | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Proposal | 第43-45页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Proposal | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Four Case Checking in There-existential Constructions | 第49-57页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第49-55页 |
| ·Case Transmission Hypothesis | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Partitive Case Hypothesis | 第51-52页 |
| ·Empirical and Theoretical Problems of Partitive Case Hypothesis | 第52-55页 |
| ·An Alternative Proposal | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第57-60页 |
| ·Conclusions and Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Further Ramifications of the Proposal | 第58-60页 |
| References | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix Abbreviations | 第64页 |
