| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Study Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Procedures and Objectives of Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第15-17页 |
| 3 Data Collection | 第17-28页 |
| ·About The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary(Fifth Edition) | 第17-18页 |
| ·About Center for Chinese Linguistics PKU(CCL) | 第18-19页 |
| ·Notes, Process and Understanding of the Data | 第19-28页 |
| ·Notes for Collecting Data | 第20-21页 |
| ·Data Collecting adnd Word-class Division Standard | 第21-28页 |
| 4 Data Description | 第28-83页 |
| ·Qualitative and Quantitative Description | 第28-29页 |
| ·Qualitative Description of Parent Nouns | 第28页 |
| ·Qualitative Description of Adjectives Converted from Nouns | 第28-29页 |
| ·Distribution Description | 第29-74页 |
| ·Newspaper Genre Description | 第32-47页 |
| ·Literature Genre Description | 第47-59页 |
| ·Translation Works Genre Description | 第59-66页 |
| ·Practical Writing Genre Description | 第66-69页 |
| ·Teleplays and films Genre Description | 第69-72页 |
| ·Historical Bibliography Genre Description | 第72页 |
| ·Drama Genre-Description | 第72-73页 |
| ·Cyber Literature Genre Description | 第73页 |
| ·Spoken Language Genre Description | 第73-74页 |
| ·Frequency Description | 第74-83页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Newspaper Genre | 第76-77页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Literature Genre | 第77-78页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Translation Works Genre | 第78-79页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Practical Writings Genre | 第79-80页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Teleplays and Films Genre | 第80-81页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Historical Bibliography | 第81页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Drama Genre | 第81-82页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Cyber Literature Genre | 第82页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Spoken Language Genre | 第82-83页 |
| 5 Data Explanation | 第83-86页 |
| ·Understanding of Grammatical Metaphor | 第83-84页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor and Noun to Adjective Conversion | 第84-86页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第86-88页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第87-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix | 第89-91页 |
