| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Tables of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Definitions of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Motivations and Questions | 第15-16页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations, Methodology and the Corpora of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Goals and Structure | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-27页 |
| ·Brief Review on VRC Construction | 第19-23页 |
| ·Relevant Studies of English Compounds Adjectives | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Morphological Study of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第27-33页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Morphology of English Compound Adjectives | 第27-29页 |
| ·Morphological Study of V+Prep Compound Adjectives | 第29-30页 |
| ·Morphological Study of English V+Adv Compound Adjectives | 第30-31页 |
| ·Morphological Study of English V+Adj Compound Adjectives | 第31页 |
| ·Morphological Study of English V+V-ingCompound Adjectives | 第31页 |
| ·Morphological Study of English V+V-edCompound Adjectives | 第31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第33-57页 |
| ·Previous Researches of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第33-35页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of V+Prep Compound Adjectives | 第35-42页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of V+Adv Compound Adjectives | 第42-47页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of V+Adj Compound Adjectives | 第47-49页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of V+V-ingCompound Adjectives | 第49-50页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of V+V-edCompound Adjectives | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter Five Syntactic Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第57-70页 |
| ·The Previous Syntactic Research on English VC Compounds | 第57-60页 |
| ·Syntactic Analysis of English Verb+Prep Compound Adjectives | 第60-63页 |
| ·Syntactic Analysis of English Verb+Adv Compound Adjectives | 第63-65页 |
| ·Syntactic Analysis of English Verb+Adj Compound Adjectives | 第65-66页 |
| ·Syntactic Analysis of English Verb+V-ingCompound Adjectives | 第66-67页 |
| ·Syntactic Analysis of English Verb+V-edCompound Adjectives | 第67页 |
| ·Summary of Syntactic Functions of English VC CompoundAdjectives | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter Six Cognitive Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第70-78页 |
| ·Prototype Categorization Theory | 第70-71页 |
| ·Semantic Prototype Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第71-74页 |
| ·Syntactic Prototype Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第74-76页 |
| ·Semantics-Syntax Prototype Interface Analysis of English VC Compound Adjectives | 第76-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-78页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Future Research | 第79-81页 |
| References | 第81-83页 |
