| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Background Information | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Purpose of the Thesis | 第13页 |
| 1.5 Research Methods | 第13-14页 |
| 1.6 Structure of the Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 An Introduction to Predicate | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 An Introduction to Chinese Qualitative Adjective | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 A Review of CQA Functioning as Predicate | 第19-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies on the Part of Speech of CQA | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3.2 Conditions on Which CQA Can Be Predicate | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.3 Chinese-Adjective-Predicate Sentence | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3.4 Linguistic Typology | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3.5 Materials on“Shi” | 第25-28页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第29-55页 |
| 3.1 Light Verb Theory | 第29-37页 |
| 3.1.1 Light Verb and Adjective | 第29页 |
| 3.1.2 A Brief Review of Light Verb | 第29-37页 |
| 3.1.3 Hypothesis of the Current Study | 第37页 |
| 3.2 Shi-Focusing Construction | 第37-50页 |
| 3.2.1 Shi-Focusing Construction and CQA | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2 An Introduction to Split ComP Hypothesis | 第38-40页 |
| 3.2.3 An Introduction to“Shi-Focusing Construction” | 第40-46页 |
| 3.2.4 Applying Split Comp Hypothesis to“Shi-Focusing Construction” | 第46-49页 |
| 3.2.5 Hypothesis of the Current Study | 第49-50页 |
| 3.3 Nominalization Theory | 第50-55页 |
| 3.3.1 Nominalization and CQA | 第50-51页 |
| 3.3.2 DeP Hypothesis or DP Hypothesis | 第51-53页 |
| 3.3.3 Hypothesis of the Current Study | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis on CQA Functioning as Predicate | 第55-67页 |
| 4.1 The Situations in Which CQA Functions as Predicate | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2 A Generative Analysis on CQA Functioning as Predicate | 第56-65页 |
| 4.2.1 CQA Functions as Predicate Individually | 第56-59页 |
| 4.2.2 CQA Functions as Predicate with“Shi” | 第59-62页 |
| 4.2.3 CQA Functions as Predicate with“Shi”and“De” | 第62-65页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第67-69页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-75页 |
