| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter 2 An Overview of Relative Constructions | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Defining Properties of a Relative Construction | 第17页 |
| ·Classification of Relative Constructions | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Main Syntactic Types of Relative Constructions | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Main Semantic Types of Relative Constructions | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Review | 第21-47页 |
| ·Derivation of Relative Clauses in the Framework of the GB Theory | 第21-32页 |
| ·The Standard Theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Promotion Theory | 第25-30页 |
| ·The Matching Hypothesis | 第30页 |
| ·Failure of the GB Theory to Account for Relative Clauses' Derivation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Derivation of Relative Clauses in the Framework of MP | 第32-39页 |
| ·Theoretical Background and Key Notions in Vries' Proposal | 第32-33页 |
| ·Detailed Derivation | 第33-37页 |
| ·Failure of Vries' Proposal to Derive a Chinese Relative Clause | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Analysis of De in Chinese Relative Clauses | 第39-45页 |
| ·Properties of De | 第39-40页 |
| ·Semantic Treatment of De | 第40-42页 |
| ·Syntactic status of De | 第42-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Derivation of Chinese Relative Clauses in the Framework of MP | 第47-81页 |
| ·Introduction of the Minimalist Program | 第47-55页 |
| ·The Core Ideas of the Minimalist Program | 第47-49页 |
| ·Fundamental Technical Operations of the Minimalism | 第49-55页 |
| ·Merge, Agree and Move | 第49-50页 |
| ·Functional Categories and Their Applications | 第50-51页 |
| ·Derivation by Phase | 第51-53页 |
| ·The triggering Mechanism of Dislocation | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reanalysis of D | 第55-59页 |
| ·Constituents of D | 第55-56页 |
| ·Significance of the Null D | 第56-59页 |
| ·Derivation of Chinese Relative Clauses | 第59-79页 |
| ·Derivation of Chinese Argument Relative Clauses | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Minimalist Account for the Unsolvable Problems in the Standard Theory and the Promotion Theory | 第62-63页 |
| ·The Minimalist Account for the Island Effects | 第63-68页 |
| ·Derivation of Chinese Adjunct Relative Clauses | 第68-76页 |
| ·Derivation of Chinese (In)definite Relative Clauses | 第76-79页 |
| ·The Formats of Chinese (In)definite Relative Clauses | 第76-77页 |
| ·Deriving Chinese (In)definite Relative Clauses | 第77-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| References | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix A (攻读学位期间所发表的学术论文目录) | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix B 最简方案框架下汉语定语从句的推导生成(中文摘要) | 第92-95页 |
