| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| ·The existential sentence as a special type in Chinese | 第13页 |
| ·A brief review of the research done on the present subject and the aim of this thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Arrangement of the present thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Definition & Classification of Chinese Existential Sentence | 第16-24页 |
| ·Definition of the Chinese ES | 第16-18页 |
| ·Domain of Chinese ESs | 第16-17页 |
| ·Common Definition of Chinese ESs | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese ESs | 第18-24页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese ESs | 第18-19页 |
| ·Criterion of classification | 第19-20页 |
| ·Identification of the static ES & the dynamic ES | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter 3 The Translation of Various Types of Chinese Existential Sentences into English | 第24-46页 |
| ·The translation of static Chinese ESs | 第24-39页 |
| ·of you (“有”) sentences | 第24-28页 |
| ·into the "there-be" construction | 第25页 |
| ·into the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第25-26页 |
| ·into the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第26-27页 |
| ·into the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第27-28页 |
| ·of shi(“是”) sentences | 第28-31页 |
| ·into the "there-be" construction | 第28-29页 |
| ·into the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第29页 |
| ·into the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第29-30页 |
| ·into the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第30-31页 |
| ·of zhe (“着”) sentences | 第31-34页 |
| ·into the "there-be" construction | 第31-32页 |
| ·into the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第32页 |
| ·into the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第32-33页 |
| ·into the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第33-34页 |
| ·of le (“了”) sentences | 第34-37页 |
| ·into the "there-be" construction | 第34-35页 |
| ·into the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第35页 |
| ·into the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第35-36页 |
| ·into the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第36-37页 |
| ·of Attributive-head ESs | 第37-39页 |
| ·The translation of dynamic Chinese ESs in English | 第39-44页 |
| ·of Progressive ESs | 第39-42页 |
| ·into the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第39-40页 |
| ·into the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第40页 |
| ·into the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第40-41页 |
| ·into the verbless construction | 第41-42页 |
| ·of Perfective ESs | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 The Choice of English forms for Translating Chinese Existential Sentences | 第46-64页 |
| ·Choice of the five English forms for translating Chinese ESs | 第46-58页 |
| ·Choice of the "there-be" construction | 第46-53页 |
| ·The "there-be' construction | 第46-48页 |
| ·The choice of the "there-be" construction | 第48-53页 |
| ·for translating static Chinese ESs | 第48-49页 |
| ·for translating dynamic Chinese ESs | 第49-53页 |
| ·The choice of the "LP+VP+NP" construction | 第53-54页 |
| ·The choice of the "NP+VP+LP" construction | 第54-56页 |
| ·The choice of the "NP(LP)+VP+NP" construction | 第56-57页 |
| ·The choice of the verbless construction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Other techniques for the translation of Chinese ESs | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-68页 |
