| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第9页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第9-10页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第10页 |
| ·Methodology | 第10页 |
| ·The Structure of This Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-20页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies of Passive | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definitions of the Passive | 第13-17页 |
| ·Indirect Passive/Possessive Passive Structure with an Object | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Three Basic Features of the Passive Voice of the Three Languages | 第20-39页 |
| ·Basic Structure of the Passive Voice | 第20-35页 |
| ·English | 第20-26页 |
| ·Chinese | 第26-32页 |
| ·Japanese | 第32-35页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of the Structures of English,Chinese and Japanese Passives | 第35-39页 |
| ·Prepositions Introducing the Agent | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Symbol of Passive Voice | 第36页 |
| ·Optional Agent | 第36页 |
| ·Retained Object | 第36-38页 |
| ·Predicate | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Constraints of the Passive | 第39-47页 |
| ·Verb Constraints | 第39-44页 |
| ·Intransitive Verbs | 第39-40页 |
| ·Some Kinds of Transitive Verbs | 第40-44页 |
| ·Verb Alone as the Predicate in Chinese | 第44页 |
| ·Object Constraints | 第44-46页 |
| ·Reciprocal Pronoun "each other" | 第45页 |
| ·Other Object Constraints of Passive | 第45-46页 |
| ·Tense Constraints | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five Syntactic Analysis of the Passives | 第47-57页 |
| ·Theta Theory and Case Theory | 第47-48页 |
| ·Deep Structure of the Passive | 第48-52页 |
| ·Other Kinds of Active and Passive Structures | 第52-54页 |
| ·Passive Sentences with an Intransitive Verb in Chinese and Japanese | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Works Cited | 第58-60页 |
| 个人简历及在校期间发表论文 | 第60-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
