| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Motivation and Objectives of the Study | 第10-13页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15-16页 |
| ·Different Approaches to PC | 第16-32页 |
| ·Transformationalist Position | 第16-20页 |
| ·Lexicalist Position | 第20-32页 |
| ·Studies of PC by Observing the Framework of the X-bar Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·Studies of PC by Modifying Projection Principle | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies of PC by Creating a New Grammatical Category | 第27-32页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第35-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Theoretical Desiderata in Analyzing PC | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Basic Logic Frame of Human Languages | 第37-53页 |
| ·The Basic Units for Sentence Building | 第37-42页 |
| ·Remarks on Some Potential Objections | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Basic Logical Frame for Human Languages | 第47-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Four PC as NP~+ | 第55-91页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·The Notion of NP~+ | 第55-69页 |
| ·The Existent Problems with X-bar Theory | 第56-60页 |
| ·The Establishment of NP~+ | 第60-69页 |
| ·A Top-down Perspective: An Answer for the Nominal Properties of PC | 第69-81页 |
| ·The Nominal Properties of PC | 第69-70页 |
| ·Inherent Nominalization and Contextual Nominalization | 第70-74页 |
| ·-ing as an Overt Representation of Nominalizer | 第74-81页 |
| ·A Bottom-up Perspective: An Answer for the Verbal Properties of PC | 第81-87页 |
| ·The Verbal Properties of PC | 第81-82页 |
| ·Lexical Entry and the Projection Principle | 第82-83页 |
| ·The Aspect Feature in PC | 第83-87页 |
| ·A Minimalist Analysis of the Derivation of PC | 第87-89页 |
| ·Summary | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第91-94页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第91-92页 |
| ·Limitations | 第92-93页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第93-94页 |
| References | 第94-98页 |
