| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-21页 |
| ·Definitions of nominalization | 第11-12页 |
| ·Classifications of nominalization | 第12-14页 |
| ·Different approaches to nominalization | 第14-20页 |
| ·Achievements and limitations of the previous studies | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Reasoning and Hypothesis-Generating | 第21-28页 |
| ·The effects of nominalization in language comprehension | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第22-27页 |
| ·Hypotheses on cognitive effects of nominalization in reading | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Empirical Study | 第28-41页 |
| ·Methodology | 第28-29页 |
| ·Results | 第29-30页 |
| ·The mean scores and the time spent | 第29页 |
| ·The responses to the questionnaires | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data analysis and discussion | 第30-41页 |
| ·Nominalization and the difficulty of the discourse | 第30-34页 |
| ·The stylistic effects of nominalization | 第34-38页 |
| ·The social effects of nominalization | 第38-41页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第41-44页 |
| ·A brief summary of the present study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第42-43页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future studies | 第43-44页 |
| Bibliography | 第44-49页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第49-53页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第53-55页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第55页 |
