| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Need for Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第15-28页 |
| ·Review on Studies of Nominalization | 第15-24页 |
| ·Definitions from Different Point of Views | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classifications of Nominalization | 第16-18页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Nominalization | 第18-24页 |
| ·Achievements and limitations of the Previous Studies | 第24页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第24-28页 |
| ·Grammatical Metaphor Theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cognitive Metaphor Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·A Combined Cognitive and Functional Point of View | 第27-28页 |
| 3 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY | 第28-37页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第28-29页 |
| ·Methodology | 第29-30页 |
| ·A Reading Test Experiment | 第29-30页 |
| ·A Writing Experiment | 第30页 |
| ·Results | 第30-33页 |
| ·Results of the Reading Experiment | 第30-32页 |
| ·Results of the Writing Experiment | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Discussion | 第33-37页 |
| ·Nominalization and Difficulty of Discourse | 第33-36页 |
| ·Nominalization and Language Proficiency | 第36-37页 |
| 4. IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH | 第37-47页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第37-44页 |
| ·Complementary between GM Theory and LM Theory | 第37-39页 |
| ·Complicated Effects of Nominalization in Discourses | 第39-42页 |
| ·Examine Meanings of Nominalizations in Context | 第42-44页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第44-47页 |
| ·Knowing the Nature of Nominalization | 第44-45页 |
| ·Organizing the Input Materials with Nominalizations | 第45-46页 |
| ·Encouraging Nominalizations in Language Production | 第46-47页 |
| 5. CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| ·A Brief Summary of The Present Study | 第47页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第48-49页 |
| APPENDIX I | 第49-52页 |
| APPENDIX II | 第52-53页 |
| REFERENCES | 第53-56页 |
