| 英文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abbreviations | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| 1．1 Preliminary | 第7页 |
| 1．2 The Purpose and Significance of the Paper | 第7-9页 |
| 1．3 Methods Adopted in the Paper | 第9-13页 |
| 1．3．1 The Use of Corpus Data | 第9-10页 |
| 1．3．2 Computer Programs Used for the Analysis | 第10-11页 |
| 1．3．3 Procedures for searching and Handling-ing Participle in NEC | 第11-12页 |
| 1．3．4 Sampling and Data Analysis | 第12-13页 |
| 1．4 Layout of the Paper | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 An Overview of Adjectival Present Participle | 第14-46页 |
| 2．1 Definitions Concerning Adjectival Present Participles | 第14-26页 |
| 2．1．1 V-ing Forms | 第14-16页 |
| 2．1．2 Criteria of Adjectival | 第16-21页 |
| 2．1．3 Adjectival Present Participles in general | 第21-24页 |
| 2．1．4 Verbal Meaning and-ing Form | 第24-26页 |
| 2．2 Development of Adjectival Present Participle Theories | 第26-35页 |
| 2．2．1 Traditional Grammar | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．2 Structural Grammar | 第28-30页 |
| 2．2．3 Transformational Grammar | 第30-35页 |
| 2．3 Functions of Adjectival Present Participles | 第35-46页 |
| 2．3．1 Attributive | 第35-37页 |
| 2．3．2 Postpositive/Postmodification | 第37-41页 |
| 2．3．3 Predicative | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter 3 Quantitative Comparative Analysis of Adjectival V-ing in NEC 40 | 第46-87页 |
| 3．1 Distribution of V-ing Forms as a Whole | 第46-53页 |
| 3．1．1 The Distribution of the Sentences Containing V-ing Forms | 第46-48页 |
| 3．1．2 The Distribution of V-ing Words | 第48-50页 |
| 3．1．3 The Distribution of Adjectival Present Participles | 第50-53页 |
| 3．2 Analysis of Functions of Adjectival Present Participles | 第53-69页 |
| 3．2．1 Distribution of V-ing Premodifiers | 第54-59页 |
| 3．2．2 Distribution of V-ing Postmodifiers | 第59-64页 |
| 3．2．3 Distribution of Present Participle Complements | 第64-67页 |
| 3．2．4 Distribution of Participial Adjectives | 第67-69页 |
| 3．3 More Discussion of Adjectival Present Participles in NEC | 第69-87页 |
| 3．3．1 I Adjectival Present Participle Modification in NEC | 第70-80页 |
| 3．3．2 Adjectival Present Participle Complement in NEC | 第80-84页 |
| 3．3．3 Participial Adjectives in NEC | 第84-87页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusions and Teaching Implications | 第87-89页 |
| 4．1 Conclusions | 第87-88页 |
| 4．1．1 Distribution of V-ing Forms | 第87页 |
| 4．1．2 Functions of Adjectival Present Participles | 第87-88页 |
| 4．2 Implications for instructional guidance | 第88-89页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第89-90页 |
| Retfrence | 第90-92页 |
| Appendixes | 第92-96页 |
