| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第10-21页 |
| ·The Studies by Jesperson | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Studies within the Framework of Transformational Grammar | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Studies within the Framework of Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Studies within the Framework of Cognitive Grammar | 第17-19页 |
| ·Current study of nominalization in China | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Nominalization in Legal Documents | 第21-40页 |
| ·Legal Documents | 第21页 |
| ·Linguistic Features of Legal Documents | 第21-22页 |
| ·Major Linguistic Techniques Employed in Legal English | 第22-30页 |
| ·The Use of Long Sentences | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Repeated Use of Lexical Items,Substitute Words Not Tolerated | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Frequent Use of Complete Major Sentences | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Use of an Logical Structure:"if X,then Z shall be(do) Y" "if X=conditional/concessive adverbial clauses" | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Absence of Descriptive Adjectives and Intensifying Adverbs | 第27页 |
| ·The Frequent Use of the Word "or" | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Frequent Use of the Structure:modal auxiliary(shall) +be+ past participle | 第28页 |
| ·Preference for Archaic Words and Phrases | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Use of Nominal Group Structures | 第29-30页 |
| ·Functions of Nominalization | 第30-40页 |
| ·Condensation | 第30-33页 |
| ·Thematic Connection | 第33-35页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第35页 |
| ·Objectification | 第35-37页 |
| ·Vagueness | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Application of English Norninalization to the Translation of legal documents from Chinese to English | 第40-55页 |
| ·A Brief Overview of Translation Theory | 第40-42页 |
| ·Eugene Nida and Dynamic Equivalence | 第40-41页 |
| ·Peter Newmark and Communicative vs.Semantic Translation | 第41-42页 |
| ·Translation of Legal Documents | 第42-44页 |
| ·Translation Strategies | 第44-55页 |
| ·Noun.+ Nominalization | 第44-45页 |
| ·Nominalization.+Preposition+Noun | 第45-48页 |
| ·Adjective+Nominalization | 第48-50页 |
| ·Preposition+Nominalization | 第50-52页 |
| ·Verb+Nominalization | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| 攻读硕士期间发表论文情况 | 第62页 |
