| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 0.1 Background of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 0.2 Aims of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 0.3 Organization of This Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| 1.1 Previous Studies on English Participial Compounds | 第16-25页 |
| 1.1.1 Descriptive Studies on English Participial Compounds | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1.2 Explanative Studies on English Participial Compounds | 第20-25页 |
| 1.2 Comments on the Previous Studies on English Participia Compounds | 第25-28页 |
| 1.2.1 Merits of the Previous Studies on English Participia Compounds | 第25-26页 |
| 1.2.2 Demerits of the Previous Studies on English Participia Compounds | 第26-28页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第30-40页 |
| 2.1 Theory of Biological Evolution | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2 Theory of Linguistic Evolution | 第33-38页 |
| 2.2.1 Evolutional Transformation | 第33-37页 |
| 2.2.2 Focusing and Abstracting | 第37-38页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 English Participial Compounds and Their Nature | 第40-56页 |
| 3.1 English Participial Compounds | 第40-50页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition of English Participial Compounds | 第40-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of English Participial Compounds | 第43-50页 |
| 3.1.2.1 Nominal Participial Compounds | 第44-46页 |
| 3.1.2.2 Adjectival Participial Compounds | 第46-49页 |
| 3.1.2.3 Adverbial Participial Compounds | 第49-50页 |
| 3.2 Nature of English Participial Compounds | 第50-53页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 4 Selection between -ing and -ed participles in English Participial Compounds | 第56-82页 |
| 4.1 Cognitive Processes Involved in the Selection between -ing and-ed Participles in English Participial Compounds | 第56-67页 |
| 4.1.1 The Focusing Process | 第57-63页 |
| 4.1.2 The Abstracting Process | 第63-67页 |
| 4.2 Selection between -ing and -ed Participles in Different Types of English Participial Compounds | 第67-80页 |
| 4.2.1 Selection between -ing and -ed Participles in English Nominal Participial Compounds | 第68-70页 |
| 4.2.2 Selection between -ing and -ed Participles in English Adjectival Participial Compounds | 第70-79页 |
| 4.2.3 Selection between -ing and -ed Participles in English Adverbial Participial Compounds | 第79-80页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第80-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90-92页 |
