| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Brief Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-35页 |
| ·Compound and "V-ing" Noun Compounds | 第14-22页 |
| ·Compounding | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of Compounds | 第15-17页 |
| ·Classification of Compounds | 第17-19页 |
| ·Noun Compounds | 第19-20页 |
| ·"V-ing" Noun Compounds | 第20-22页 |
| ·Noun Compound as a Kind of Collocation | 第22-25页 |
| ·Collocation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Noun Compound as a Collocation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第25-32页 |
| ·Quirk's View | 第26-27页 |
| ·Biber et al's View | 第27-29页 |
| ·Other Views and Classifications | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Classification of "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds in this Thesis | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第35-41页 |
| ·Corpus-based Approach | 第35-36页 |
| ·Corpus Used in the Study | 第36-38页 |
| ·Tools and Statistics in the Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Procedures of the Research | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis | 第41-61页 |
| ·Frequencies and Classifications of "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第41-47页 |
| ·Frequencies of "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第41-44页 |
| ·Semantic Classifications of "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第44-47页 |
| ·Analysis on Head Nouns in "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第47-52页 |
| ·Analysis on Premodifiers in "V-ing+N" Noun Compounds | 第52-55页 |
| ·Analysis on Semantic Relationships between Prenlodifiers and Head Nouns | 第55-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Study | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| Resume | 第68页 |
