| Abstract | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| List of Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| 1.1 The Unaccusative Hypothesis and its Related Propositions | 第14-18页 |
| 1.2 Research on Chinese Unaccusative Verb | 第18-21页 |
| 1.2.1 The Description Period | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2.2 The Explanation Period | 第19-21页 |
| 1.3 Characteristics of the Chinese Unaccusative Structure | 第21-26页 |
| 1.4 Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Case Assignment of the Argument NP in the Chinese UnaccusativeSentence | 第28-45页 |
| 2.1 Why Case Assignment | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2 Explanations of Case Assignment in the Chinese Unaccusative Sentence | 第29-38页 |
| 2.2.1 The Partitive Case Hypothesis | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2.2 Possessor NP Raising and Movement Hypothesis | 第33-35页 |
| 2.2.3 Strong and Weak EPP Feature Hypothesis | 第35-38页 |
| 2.3 A Better Explanation | 第38-43页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Three The NP before the Verb | 第45-57页 |
| 3.1 Argument or Non-argument | 第45-48页 |
| 3.2 The Topic in the Chinese Unaccusative Sentence | 第48-49页 |
| 3.3 Two types of Topics in the Chinese Unaccusative Sentence | 第49-53页 |
| 3.3.1 Topic Generated by Movement | 第50-52页 |
| 3.3.2 The Base-generated Topic | 第52-53页 |
| 3.4 The Characteristics of the Topic | 第53-55页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Four Relation between the Topic and the Comment Part | 第57-68页 |
| 4.1 The General Possessive Relationship between the Topic and the ArgumentNP | 第57-64页 |
| 4.1.1 The Precondition and Cause of the Possessive Relationship | 第57-60页 |
| 4.1.2 Rank Difference of the General Possessive Relationship | 第60-64页 |
| 4.2 The Possessive Relationship and the Rightward Movement | 第64-67页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings and Contributions | 第68-69页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| 附件 | 第77页 |
