| Acknowledgemenst | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第11-18页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-48页 |
| ·Defining Verb Agreement in Spoken and Signed languages | 第21-28页 |
| ·Verb Agreement in Spoken Languages | 第21-24页 |
| ·Agreement in Signed Languages | 第24-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Verb Agreement in Sign languages | 第28-43页 |
| ·American Sign Language | 第28-32页 |
| ·ASL Verb Classifications | 第28-30页 |
| ·Issues Associated with Agreement Analysis in ASL | 第30-32页 |
| ·British Sign Language(BSL) | 第32-37页 |
| ·BSL Verb Classifications | 第32-35页 |
| ·Issues Associated with Agreement Analysis in BSL | 第35-37页 |
| ·Israeli Sign Language(ISL) | 第37-43页 |
| ·ISL Verb Classifications | 第37-40页 |
| ·Issues Associated with Agreement Analysis in ISL | 第40-43页 |
| ·Problems in Previous Analyses and Suggested Analysis | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter Three Verb Agreement in Chinese Sign Language(CSL) | 第48-61页 |
| ·CSL Verb Classifications | 第48-51页 |
| ·Verb Agreement in CSL | 第51-59页 |
| ·Agreement Verbs in CSL | 第52-53页 |
| ·Facing of Hand(s) in CSL | 第53-57页 |
| ·借(jie,Meaning both BORROW and LEND)in CSL | 第57-59页 |
| ·Challenges Issued by CSL Verb Agreement | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Thematic Structure Analysis of Verb Agreement in CSL | 第61-71页 |
| ·Basic Theoretical Assumptions | 第61-65页 |
| ·Properties of DIR(ectional) | 第65-67页 |
| ·Fusion of the Root and DIR | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for the CSL Challenges | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| ·Overview | 第71-72页 |
| ·Implications | 第72-73页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第73-74页 |
| References | 第74-78页 |
| Appendix A ASL Handshapes | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix B Finger-spelling Alphabet in CSL | 第79-80页 |
| Appendix C Finger-spelling Number in CSL | 第80页 |
