| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Lists of tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-34页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Origin and General Background of Construction Grammar | 第19-20页 |
| ·Goldberg's Construction Grammar | 第20-22页 |
| ·Constructional Grammar in the Study of Chinese | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies of Causative Construction | 第23-30页 |
| ·The Causative Construction in English | 第23-25页 |
| ·The PCC in English | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Causative Consttuction in Chinese | 第26-28页 |
| ·The PCC in Chinese | 第28-30页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies on English and Chinese PCC | 第30-32页 |
| ·Originality of the Study | 第32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第34-39页 |
| ·Working Definition of Chinese and English PCC | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Data Source and Instruments | 第35-37页 |
| ·Introduction of the Corpora Used | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第37页 |
| ·Methods and Procedure1 | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第39-64页 |
| ·The Frequency of PCC in English and Chinese | 第39-41页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of Semantic Constraints on the Arguments of English and Chinese PCC | 第41-53页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on the Causer | 第41-47页 |
| ·Syntactic Constituents of the Causer | 第41-42页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on the Causer | 第42-47页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on the Causee | 第47-49页 |
| ·The Syntactic Constituents of the Causee | 第47-48页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on the Causee | 第48-49页 |
| ·Semantic Constraints on the Effect | 第49-53页 |
| ·The Syntactic Constituents of the Effect | 第50-51页 |
| ·Semantic Constrains on the Effect | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of the Constructional Meanings of PCC | 第53-63页 |
| ·General Semantic Classification of VP | 第53-55页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Constructional Meaning of English and Chinese PCC | 第55-63页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of the Constructional Meaaing of Cause-emotional reactions | 第55-57页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Constructional Meaning of Cause-Change | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Contrastive Study of Constructional Meaning of Cause-action & behavior | 第59-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-69页 |
| ·A Summary of Major Findings | 第64-66页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Theoretical Implication | 第66页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implication | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Further Study | 第67-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-75页 |
| Publication | 第75页 |
