| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第12页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-29页 |
| ·Syntactic studies on nominalized V-ing construction | 第15-16页 |
| ·Transformational-generative studies on nominalized V-ing construction | 第16-17页 |
| ·Systemic-functional studies on nominalized V-ing construction | 第17-21页 |
| ·Generation of nominalized V-ing construction | 第17-19页 |
| ·Functions of nominalization | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cognitive studies on nominalized V-ing construction | 第21-29页 |
| ·Action nominalization and gerundive nominalization | 第21-23页 |
| ·Type nominalization and instance nominalization | 第23-24页 |
| ·Generic reference and specific reference of gerundive nominalization | 第24-26页 |
| ·Cognitive mechanism of nominalization | 第26-27页 |
| ·Semantic change of nominalization | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第29-45页 |
| ·Schema and prototype | 第29-33页 |
| ·Schema and prototype of noun | 第30-32页 |
| ·Schema and prototype of verb | 第32-33页 |
| ·From type to grounded instance | 第33-40页 |
| ·From noun type to full nominal | 第33-38页 |
| ·From process type to finite clause | 第38-40页 |
| ·Nominalization as functional reclassification | 第40-45页 |
| ·Reclassification and rank shift | 第41页 |
| ·Alternation of semantic nature | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR AN ANALYSIS OF NOMINALIZED V-ING CONSTRUCTION FROM COGNITIVE-FUNCTIONALAPPROACH | 第45-72页 |
| ·Classification based on internal functions | 第45-51页 |
| ·Simple type nominalization | 第45-48页 |
| ·Higher-order type nominalization | 第48-51页 |
| ·Semantic nature of nominalized V-ing construction | 第51-58页 |
| ·Semantic nature of lexicalized simple type nominalization | 第51-54页 |
| ·Semantic nature of ad hoc simple type nominalization | 第54-56页 |
| ·Semantic nature of higher-order type nominalization | 第56-58页 |
| ·External function of nominalized V-ing construction | 第58-72页 |
| ·External function of lexicalized simple type nominalization | 第60-63页 |
| ·External function of ad hoc simple type nominalization | 第63-66页 |
| ·External function of higher-order type nominalization | 第66-72页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第72-78页 |
| ·Major research findings | 第72-75页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第75页 |
| ·Limitations of this study and suggestions for further study | 第75-78页 |
| REFERENCES | 第78-82页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 第82页 |
