| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Significance | 第12页 |
| ·The Definition of Nominalization and -er Nominalization | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| ·Studies of Nominalization within the Framework of Transformational Grammar | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies of Nominalization within the Framework of Systemic-functional Grammar | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies of Verbal Nominalization within the Conceptual Blending Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Ryder, Panther and Thornburg's Study of Deverbal -er Nominalization | 第18-20页 |
| ·Halliday's View on Transitivity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Fawcett's View on Transitivity | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Framework of the Study | 第23-28页 |
| ·The Natural Symbolic Relation Between Lexicogrammar and Semantics | 第23-24页 |
| ·A Functional Approach to Composition | 第24-26页 |
| ·An Internal Functional Analysis of Constructions | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Transitivity Continuum | 第28-44页 |
| ·The Cognitive Model | 第28页 |
| ·Grammatical Prototype | 第28-36页 |
| ·Continuum Meaning of Transitivity | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Continuum Characteristics of Transitive Clause | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Transitivity Continuum | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Explanation of Middle Construction in the Grammatical Prototype Theory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Middle Constructions and Modality | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Modality of 'Letting' | 第40-44页 |
| Chapter Five The Profile of Deverbal -er Nominalization | 第44-57页 |
| ·Semantics of -er Suffixation | 第44-46页 |
| ·Agentive -er Nominalization | 第44-46页 |
| ·Non-agentive -er Nominalization | 第46页 |
| ·A Semantic Typology of Non-agentive -er Nominalizations | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Constructional Properties of -er Nominalizations | 第47-53页 |
| ·Non-agentive -er Nominalization | 第47-50页 |
| ·Agentive -er Nominalization | 第50-52页 |
| ·Instrumental -er Nominalization | 第52-53页 |
| ·Ad hoc Nominalizations | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Constructional Properties of -er Nominals: Summary | 第55页 |
| ·Deverbal -er Suffixation as Subject-profiling | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
