| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance and Objectives of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第14页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第15-16页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第16-19页 |
| ·The First Period | 第16页 |
| ·The Second Period | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Third Period | 第17-18页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Study | 第18-19页 |
| 3 Data Collection and Processing | 第19-31页 |
| ·About the Tools Used in Data Couection—CCD and CCL | 第19-20页 |
| ·About the CCD | 第19-20页 |
| ·About the CCL | 第20页 |
| ·About the Establishment of Deverbal Nouns Library | 第20-31页 |
| ·About the Instruction of CCL | 第21-24页 |
| ·About the Collection and Standards of Deverbal Nouns | 第24-31页 |
| 4 Distribution Characteristics of Deverbal Nouns | 第31-39页 |
| ·General Description of Deverbal Nouns | 第31-33页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Deverbal Nouns in Different Genres | 第33-39页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Newspaper and Magazine | 第34-35页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Literature | 第35页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Drama | 第35页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Practical Writing | 第35-36页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Translated Works | 第36-37页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Television and Movie | 第37页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Network Literature | 第37页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Historical Biography | 第37-38页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution in Spoken Chinese | 第38-39页 |
| 5 A Functional Typological Study of Deverbal Nouns | 第39-51页 |
| ·Typology and SFL | 第39-40页 |
| ·Markedness Theory of Typology and Deverbal Nouns | 第40-46页 |
| ·Markedness Theory of Typology | 第40-43页 |
| ·Deverbal Nouns of Markedness Theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·Context Theory of SFL and Deverbal Nouns | 第46-51页 |
| ·Context Theory of SFL | 第46-47页 |
| ·Deverbal Nouns of Context Theory | 第47-51页 |
| 6 Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| ·Major Findings of This Dissertation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Research | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-56页 |
| Appendix 1 The Distribution of Deverbal Nouns in Nine Genres | 第56-72页 |
| Appendix 2 The Information of Deverbal Nouns | 第72-344页 |
| 作者简历 | 第344-348页 |
| 学位论文数据集 | 第348页 |
