| Abstract: (English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract: (Chinese) | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Areview of Foreign Linguists' Ideas | 第14-24页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·The argument against the idea that the complex forms of adjectives in Chinese cannot modify nouns | 第14-17页 |
| ·The argument against the identical grammatical relationship of modification between verb, adverb and noun, adverb | 第17-19页 |
| ·The argument against the adjective's taking up the grammatical position of predicate in Chinese | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter 3 A review of Domestic Linguists' Ideas | 第24-34页 |
| ·introduction | 第24页 |
| ·the sentential-dependent criterion | 第24-27页 |
| ·the phrase-dependent criterion | 第27-30页 |
| ·The criterion of three-dimension for verifying the valid status of the, adjective in Chinese and Yuan's (2000) idea | 第30-34页 |
| Chapter 4 The Differentiation between Adjective and Noun, Verb, Adverb in Chinese | 第34-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34-35页 |
| ·Differentiation from the nominal category | 第35-38页 |
| ·Differentiation from the verbal category | 第38-39页 |
| ·Differentiation from the adverbial category | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 5 The Criterion for the Verification of the Independent Existence of the Adjectival Category in Chinese | 第41-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41-42页 |
| ·The discussion for the working criterion | 第42-46页 |
| ·The criterion for the verification of the independent existence of the adjectival category in Chinese | 第46-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-63页 |
