| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Object | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Modern Chinese Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第14-16页 |
| ·Studies from Diachronic Aspect | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies from Synchronic Aspect | 第15-16页 |
| ·Foreign Studies on Non-verbal Predicate Sentences | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies on be | 第16页 |
| ·The Grammar of Predication | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Syntax of Predication | 第17页 |
| ·Motivations for the Present Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Syntactic Studies on Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第19-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Possibility for Nominal Predicate Sentences to Exist | 第20-25页 |
| ·Feature Checking Theory and Chinese Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第20-23页 |
| ·Feature Checking Theory | 第20页 |
| ·[Nom] Case Checking in English | 第20-21页 |
| ·[Nom] Case Checking in Chinese | 第21-22页 |
| ·Feature Checking Theory and Chinese Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第22-23页 |
| ·Ways of Expressing Time and Chinese Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第23-25页 |
| ·Ways of Expressing Time in English | 第23-24页 |
| ·Ways of Expressing Time in Chinese | 第24-25页 |
| ·Ways of Expressing Time and Chinese Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第25页 |
| ·The Feasibility for Nominal Predicate sentences to Exist | 第25-29页 |
| ·Constraints for Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Realization of The Predication Relation in Copular Sentences | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Realization of Predication Relation in Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Role of Economy Principle on the Generation of Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Other Factors That Account for the Existence of Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第32-36页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Semantic Factors | 第32-33页 |
| ·Pragmatic Factors | 第33-34页 |
| ·Differences in Emphases | 第33-34页 |
| ·Differences in Stylistics | 第34页 |
| ·Phonetic Factors | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Significance of This Study | 第36页 |
| ·Limitations of this Study and Future Studies | 第36-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-41页 |
| Publication | 第41页 |
