| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第11页 |
| ·Aims of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of theThesis | 第12页 |
| ·Methodology Adopted in the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Definition of Nominal Predicate Sentence | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies | 第17-21页 |
| ·Semantic Study on Nominal Predicate Sentence | 第17-19页 |
| ·Cognitive Study on Nominal Predicate Sentence | 第19-21页 |
| ·Shortcomings and Existing Problems of Previous Studies | 第21页 |
| ·Features of Nominal Predicate | 第21-23页 |
| ·Descriptive Function of Nominal Predicate | 第21-22页 |
| ·Hierarchical Meaning of Nominal Predicate | 第22-23页 |
| ·Self-sufficiency of Nominal Predicate sentence | 第23-27页 |
| ·Unacceptability of Verbs in Nominal Predicate sentences | 第24-25页 |
| ·Negation of the Verb Omission Assumption | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第28-34页 |
| ·Theory of Profile and Base | 第28-30页 |
| ·Definition of Profile and Base | 第28-30页 |
| ·Hierarchical Nature in Profile/Base Organization | 第30页 |
| ·Theory of Decategorization | 第30-33页 |
| ·Definition of Decategorization | 第30-31页 |
| ·Decategorization of Nouns | 第31-32页 |
| ·Conversion between Referring and Assertion | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Four. A Profile-base Analysis on the Constraints of Nominal Predicate sentence | 第34-45页 |
| ·A Semantic Basis for the Profile-base in Nominal Predicate Sentence | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Profile-base Analysis of Subject-predicate Relation in Nominal Predicate sentence | 第36-44页 |
| ·Profiling Relations | 第37-40页 |
| ·Profiling Characters and Status | 第40-42页 |
| ·Profiling Change and Behavior | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Five Decategorization and Nominal Predicate Sentences | 第45-55页 |
| ·The Cognitive Foundation for Decategorization of Nominal Predicate | 第45-48页 |
| ·Decategorization in Nominal Predicate sentence | 第48-54页 |
| ·Decategorization Caused by Internal Factors | 第49-50页 |
| ·Decategorization Caused by External Factors | 第50-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-60页 |
| Appendix 详细中文摘要 | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
