| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-9页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第9-17页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第17-19页 |
| ·Goals and significance of the study of English raising verb | 第17页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第19-20页 |
| 3 Theoretical Framework | 第20-26页 |
| ·Theta theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Case theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·X-bar theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·NP movement | 第24-26页 |
| 4 Understanding of English Raising Verb | 第26-43页 |
| ·The definition of raising verb | 第26-27页 |
| ·The classification of raising verb | 第27-33页 |
| ·Subject-to-subject raising verb | 第27-30页 |
| ·Subject-to-object raising verb | 第30-33页 |
| ·Arguments about some raising verbs | 第33-43页 |
| ·BE as a special raising verb | 第33-37页 |
| ·Puzzled ones:begin promise and threaten | 第37-40页 |
| ·Puzzled ones:want and prefer | 第40-43页 |
| 5 Features of English Raising Verb | 第43-50页 |
| ·The grammatical property of seem | 第43-44页 |
| ·The thematic role assignment | 第44-46页 |
| ·The relation with dummy subject:it and there | 第46-47页 |
| ·The structural case assignment | 第47-48页 |
| ·The restriction of passivization | 第48-50页 |
| 6.Comparison between Raising Verb and Some Other Verbs | 第50-59页 |
| ·Comparison between raising verb and control verb | 第50-54页 |
| ·The definition of control verb | 第50页 |
| ·Differences between control verb and raising verb | 第50-54页 |
| ·Comparison between raising verb and passive verb | 第54-59页 |
| ·Passive verb and its morphological feature | 第54-55页 |
| ·Similarities between passive verb and raising verb | 第55-59页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-62页 |
