| Acknowledgements | 第1-13页 |
| 0 Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| 0．1 Types of compounds | 第13-14页 |
| 0．2 The types studied in this thesis | 第14-15页 |
| 0．3 The problems to be solved in the thesis | 第15页 |
| 0．4 The viewpoints of the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| 0．5 The terms used in this thesis | 第18-19页 |
| 0．6 The structure of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Former studies | 第20-38页 |
| 1．1 The First Sister Principle | 第20-21页 |
| 1．2 Internal argument compound | 第21-25页 |
| 1．3 Argument-linking Principle | 第25-28页 |
| 1．4 Proto-Argument structure | 第28-30页 |
| 1．5 The prior order of semantic roles | 第30-31页 |
| 1．6 The study of compound in Chinese | 第31-34页 |
| 1．7 The comment on the former Studies | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 2 The compound of argument and verb | 第38-50页 |
| 2．1 The problem of word and phrase in Chinese | 第38-41页 |
| 2．2 Noun as the argument of verb | 第41-50页 |
| 2．2．1 Internal argument of Japanese | 第41-43页 |
| 2．2．2 Internal argument of English | 第43页 |
| 2．2．3 Internal argument of Chinese | 第43-45页 |
| 2．2．4 External argument of transitive verb | 第45-47页 |
| 2．2．5 The internal argument of Goal | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 3 The compound of Adjunct and verb | 第50-56页 |
| 3．1 The compound of Adjunct and verb in the three languages | 第50-52页 |
| 3．2 The analysis of data | 第52-54页 |
| 3．3 The analysis of all data (includes argument and adjunct) | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 4 The meaning of "noun+verb" compound noun | 第56-63页 |
| 4．1 The meaning of compound noun | 第56-63页 |
| 4．1．1 Japanese | 第56-57页 |
| 4．1．2 Chinese | 第57-58页 |
| 4．1．3 English | 第58页 |
| 4．1．4 The summary of meaning | 第58-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| 5．1 The aspect of internal argument compound | 第63页 |
| 5．2 The aspect of productivity | 第63页 |
| 5．3 The aspect of meaning | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-67页 |
