| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One An Overview of the Researches on English and Chinese RCs | 第16-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16-17页 |
| ·English RCs | 第17-26页 |
| ·Definition of English RCs | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classification of English RCs | 第18-21页 |
| ·Syntactic Properties of English RCs | 第21-25页 |
| ·Sentence Patterns Related to English RCs | 第21-23页 |
| ·Productivity of English RCs | 第23-25页 |
| ·Semantic Properties of English RCs | 第25-26页 |
| ·Semantic Reference of the Resultative Predicate | 第25页 |
| ·Implications of the Resultative Predicate | 第25-26页 |
| ·Chinese RCs | 第26-33页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese RCs | 第26-28页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese RCs | 第28-29页 |
| ·Syntactic Properties of Chinese RCs | 第29-31页 |
| ·Sentence Patterns Related to Chinese RCs | 第29-30页 |
| ·Productivity of Chinese RCs | 第30-31页 |
| ·Semantic Properties of Chinese RCs | 第31-33页 |
| ·Semantic Reference of the Resultative Predicate | 第31-32页 |
| ·Implications of the Resultative Predicate | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Two Semantic Referential Properties of English and Chinese RCs | 第35-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Exploration of Semantic Referential Properties of English and Chinese RCs | 第35-41页 |
| ·Motivations for the Different Referential Properties of English and Chinese RCs | 第41-46页 |
| ·Semantic Reference of V2 and the Semantic Focus of Resultative Sentences | 第46-50页 |
| ·Head of Chinese RC | 第46-47页 |
| ·Semantic Focus of Resultative Sentences | 第47-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Three Event Structure of English and Chinese RCs | 第51-72页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Resultative Constructions and Event Types | 第51-58页 |
| ·Aspectual Classes of Verbs and Types of Events | 第51-53页 |
| ·Resultative Constructions and Type-shifting of Events in English | 第53-56页 |
| ·Resultative Constructions and Telicity in Chinese | 第56-58页 |
| ·Event Complexity and Resultative Constructions | 第58-68页 |
| ·A Distinction between Simple and Complex Event Types | 第58-59页 |
| ·Event Structure of English RCs | 第59-64页 |
| ·Event Structure of Chinese RCs | 第64-68页 |
| ·Some Notes on the RC in C-E Translation | 第68-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Four Transitivity and Resultative Constructions | 第72-81页 |
| ·Introduction | 第72页 |
| ·Transitivity of the RC: A Traditional Analysis | 第72-74页 |
| ·Hopper and Thompson's Transitivity Hypothesis | 第74-77页 |
| ·High Transitivity with the Resultative Sentences | 第77-79页 |
| ·Motivations for High Transitivity of the Resultative Sentences | 第79-80页 |
| ·Summary | 第80-81页 |
| Conclusion | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-87页 |