| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第10-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Review of POS Studies | 第16-19页 |
| ·POS Labeling in Chinese Dictionaries | 第19-21页 |
| ·Review of Previous Studies on Words Ended with “化” | 第21-25页 |
| ·A Study on the Nature of “化” | 第22-23页 |
| ·Review of Studies on Words Ended with “化” in Modern Chinese | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第26-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·The Genesis and Development of Usage-based Theory | 第26-29页 |
| ·Language as a Complex Adaptive System | 第29-31页 |
| ·A Usage Approach to Language Change | 第31-34页 |
| ·A Usage Approach to Language Acquisition | 第34-36页 |
| ·Word Class Categorization from Usage-based Theory | 第36-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第40-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·Overall Description of Statistical Results | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Results and Discussions of Four Major Groups | 第42-60页 |
| ·Discussions on the Verb-Noun Group and Case Studies | 第44-50页 |
| ·Discussions in the Adjective-Noun-Verb Group and Case Studies | 第50-55页 |
| ·Discussions on the Adjective -Verb Group and Case Studies | 第55-58页 |
| ·Discussions on the Noun-Adjective Group and Case Studies | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-64页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-69页 |
| Appendices | 第69-77页 |
| Appendix 1 Data of POS Labeling of Words Ended with “化”in MCSD, CCD5 and the Correct POS Labeling Based on Large Corpus | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix 2 Data of the Verb-Noun Group | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix 3 Data of the Adjective-Noun-Verb Group | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix 4 Data of the Adjective -Verb Group | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix 5 Data of the Noun- Adjective Group | 第77页 |
