| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Research on the Genitive | 第11-12页 |
| ·Terminology and Definitions | 第12-14页 |
| ·Definitions of the English Genitive | 第12-14页 |
| ·Victorian English Novels | 第14页 |
| ·Research Methods and Data Collection | 第14-16页 |
| ·Corpus Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Data Collection and Text Sampling | 第15页 |
| ·Method | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Overview of the Study of the Genitive | 第17-26页 |
| ·A General Study of the Genitive from Diachroni(?) and Synchronic Approaches | 第17-21页 |
| ·Genitive in Ancient Greek | 第17-18页 |
| ·Genitive in Ancient Latin | 第18页 |
| ·Genitive in Old English | 第18-19页 |
| ·Genitive in Middle English | 第19-20页 |
| ·Genitive in Modern English | 第20-21页 |
| ·Review of Theoretical Studies of the English Geni(?)ve | 第21-26页 |
| ·Jespersen's View on the Genitive (1924) | 第21-22页 |
| ·Chomsky's View on the Genitive (1970) | 第22-23页 |
| ·Radford's View on the Genitive (2000) | 第23-24页 |
| ·Van Valin's View on the Genitive (2002) | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Classification and Functions of the English Genitive | 第26-41页 |
| ·Classification of English Genitive | 第26-38页 |
| ·Semantic Classification of S-Genitive and Of-Phrase | 第26-35页 |
| ·Independent Genitives | 第35页 |
| ·Group Genitives | 第35-36页 |
| ·Double Genitives | 第36页 |
| ·Words Denoting Possession | 第36-38页 |
| ·Position and Functions of the Genitive | 第38-41页 |
| ·Position of the Genitive | 第38页 |
| ·Grammatical Functions of the Genitive | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis and Discussion | 第41-66页 |
| ·Frequencies and Distribution of S-genitive in VENC and FICT | 第41-45页 |
| ·Frequencies and Distribution of Of-phrase in VENC and FICT | 第45-47页 |
| ·Comparison between S-genitive and Of-genitive in VENC | 第47-62页 |
| ·Possessive Genitive | 第50-53页 |
| ·Subjective Genitive | 第53-55页 |
| ·Objective Genitive | 第55-56页 |
| ·Subjective Complement | 第56-57页 |
| ·Partitive Genitive | 第57-58页 |
| ·Descriptive Genitive | 第58页 |
| ·Genitive of Measure | 第58-59页 |
| ·Appositive Genitive | 第59-60页 |
| ·Other Expressions of S-Genitive | 第60页 |
| ·Of-phrase Denoting Materials and Metaphor | 第60-61页 |
| ·Genitive Used in Headlines of the Chapters in VENC | 第61-62页 |
| ·Top 50 Dependent Nouns in VENC | 第62-64页 |
| ·Length of the Genitive in VENC | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第76-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-79页 |
| Published Papers during Degree Study | 第79-80页 |
| Resume | 第80页 |
