| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| CHAPTER 1 Introduction | 第9-22页 |
| ·Overview | 第9-10页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第10-19页 |
| ·From the Government Binding Theory to the Minimalist Program | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Minimalist Program and Uninterpretable Features | 第14-19页 |
| ·Outline of This Dissertation | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER 2 T and its Syntactic Properties | 第22-57页 |
| ·The Selectional Property and Uninterpretable Features of T in English | 第23-26页 |
| ·T in Chinese | 第26-45页 |
| ·T-markers in Chinese | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Syntactic Characteristics of T in Chinese | 第32-45页 |
| ·Does T in Chinese Carry Any Uninterpretable Features? | 第45-55页 |
| ·Subject pro-drop under the Chomskyan Framework | 第45-51页 |
| ·How Does pro in Chinese Fit into the MP Framework? | 第51-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| CHAPTER 3 C and its Syntactic Properties | 第57-86页 |
| ·The Feature Strength of C in English under the MP Framework | 第57-61页 |
| ·Can Strong Features be Inserted Covertly? | 第61-63页 |
| ·C and Its Uninterpretable Features | 第63-65页 |
| ·The P-features of the Peripheral System vs. EPP-features of C and v* | 第65-68页 |
| ·Chinese Interrogative Sentences | 第68-70页 |
| ·Tang’s Minimalist Research on Chinese Interrogative Sentences | 第70-74页 |
| ·Problems with Tang’s Theory | 第74-76页 |
| ·An Alternative Proposal about C in Chinese under the MP Framework | 第76-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-86页 |
| CHAPTER 4 ‘v’s and Their Syntactic Properties | 第86-151页 |
| ·v* and Its Uninterpretable Features | 第86-90页 |
| ·v* in Chinese | 第90-94页 |
| ·Light Verb ‘v’and Its Syntactic Properties | 第94-120页 |
| ·Double Object Construction vs. Dative Construction | 第94-97页 |
| ·Light verb ‘v’and Double Object Constructions | 第97-104页 |
| ·Structural Case vs. Inherent Case under the MP Framework | 第104-109页 |
| ·Chinese Double Object Construction vs. Dative Construction | 第109-115页 |
| ·Chinese gei as a light verb | 第115-120页 |
| ·Further Consequence: Passive Constructions | 第120-149页 |
| ·English Passive Constructions | 第120-122页 |
| ·Chinese bei-constructions | 第122-149页 |
| ·Summary | 第149-151页 |
| CHAPTER 5 Conclusions | 第151-158页 |
| REFERENCES | 第158-169页 |
