| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework | 第18-41页 |
| ·Universal Grammar | 第18-21页 |
| ·Some Related Universal Principles | 第21-41页 |
| ·The Theta Theory | 第22-31页 |
| ·The Case Theory | 第31-36页 |
| ·The Unaccusative Hypothesis | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter 2 Seem as a Raising Predicate | 第41-73页 |
| ·Subcategorization of Seem | 第41-47页 |
| ·Subcategorization Restrictions | 第41-45页 |
| ·Possible Complements | 第45-47页 |
| ·Evidence Supporting a Raising Analysis of Seem-Constructions | 第47-58页 |
| ·Anaphor Binding | 第47-51页 |
| ·Subject-Predicate Nominal Agreement | 第51-52页 |
| ·Subject Idiom Chunks | 第52-53页 |
| ·Expletive Subjects | 第53-56页 |
| ·Floating Quantifiers | 第56-58页 |
| ·Raising Seem vs.Control Predicates | 第58-73页 |
| ·False Twins:Raising to Subject and Subject Control | 第58-68页 |
| ·Differences between Seem and Control Predicates | 第68-73页 |
| Chapter 3 A-Movement in Seem-Structures:A Unified Account | 第73-111页 |
| ·Analogy of Raising Constructions with Passive Constructions | 第73-95页 |
| ·Standard Analysis of Passives | 第73-82页 |
| ·Previous Analyses of Raising Constructions | 第82-95页 |
| ·Problems with the Analogy | 第95-98页 |
| ·Towards a Unified Account | 第98-109页 |
| ·The Distribution of Expletive It and There | 第99-103页 |
| ·It in Passive Constructions:Base-generated as Complement | 第103-105页 |
| ·It in Seem-Structures:Base-generated as Complement | 第105-109页 |
| ·Summary | 第109-111页 |
| Conclusion | 第111-114页 |
| Notes | 第114-117页 |
| Bibliography | 第117-122页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第122-123页 |
| 攻读学位期间的主要研究成果 | 第123页 |
