| Abstract (in English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第7-10页 |
| Abbreviations#ⅷ | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| Background | 第11-14页 |
| The Empty Categories in Chomsky's eyes | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 A Brief Review of Discussions about Distinction between Chinese Finiteness and Non-finiteness and Those about Pro and PRO | 第16-32页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16页 |
| ·Discussions about Finiteness and Non-finiteness | 第16-22页 |
| ·Huang Zhengde's View on Chincse Finite and Non-finite Clauses | 第16-18页 |
| ·Xu Liejiong's View on the Distinction between Chinese Finite and on-finite Clauses | 第18-19页 |
| ·Y.-H.-A.-Li's Point of View on the Distinction between Chinese Finite and Non-finite Clauses and the Criticism of Her View | 第19-21页 |
| ·Hu Jianhua's Point of View on the Distinction between Chinese Finite and Non-finite Clauses | 第21-22页 |
| ·Regarding pro and PRO | 第22-31页 |
| ·Pro and PRO in Chomsky's Eyes | 第22-23页 |
| ·Huang Zhengde's View on Pro and PRO | 第23-27页 |
| ·Huang Zhengde's View on Pro and PRO | 第23-26页 |
| ·Criticism of Huang Zhengde's View on Pro and PRO | 第26-27页 |
| ·Xu Liejiong's View on Pro and PRO | 第27-29页 |
| ·Huang Yan's View on Pro and PRO | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Chinese PRO | 第32-54页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Analyses of Linguists' Views on the Distinction between Chinese Finiteness and Non-finiteness | 第32-37页 |
| ·PRO in Chomsky's Eyes | 第32页 |
| ·My Analysis of Huang Zhengde and Xu Liejiong's Views | 第32-35页 |
| ·My Analysis of Li Yanhui's Point of View | 第35-37页 |
| ·My Analysis of Hu Jianhua's Criteria | 第37页 |
| ·Comments on Linguists' Views of Chinese PRO | 第37-39页 |
| ·Comments on Xu and Huang Yan's Views of PRO | 第37-38页 |
| ·Comments on Huang Zhengde's View of PRO | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Licensing of Chinese PRO: My Criterion of Judging Chinese Finite and Non-finite Clauses | 第39-43页 |
| ·My Opinion of the Reference of Chinese PRO | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Reference of PRO in the Work of Chomsky | 第43页 |
| ·The Reference of PRO in Chinese | 第43-53页 |
| ·Co-reference between PRO and Subjects of Matrix Clauses | 第43-47页 |
| ·Co-reference between PRO and Objects of Matrix Clauses | 第47-49页 |
| ·PRO with Generic Reference | 第49-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 3 Chinese Pro | 第54-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第54页 |
| ·Analyses of Linguists' Views on Chinese Pro | 第54-61页 |
| ·An Analysis of Huang Zhengde's View on Pro | 第54-57页 |
| ·An Analysis of Huang Yan's View on Pro | 第57-58页 |
| ·An Analysis of Xu Liejiong's View on Pro | 第58-60页 |
| ·An Analysis of Hu Jianhua and Ye Qinfa's Views on Pro | 第60页 |
| ·Summary of the analyses | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Licensing Condition of Chinese Pro | 第61-69页 |
| ·My View on Chomsky-headed Linguists' Licensing Condition and Its Summary | 第61-65页 |
| ·My View on Free Inversion as the Licensing Condition and Its Summary | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Licensing Condition of Chinese Pro in My Eyes: Null Subject Parameter Theory and its Summary | 第66-69页 |
| Conclusions | 第69-71页 |
| Works Cited | 第71-72页 |
