| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-20页 |
| 2.1 The Previous Studies on English Passive Expressions (EPE) | 第12-15页 |
| 2.1.1. The Traditional Approach to EPE | 第12页 |
| 2.1.2. The Structural Approach to EPE | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.3. The Generative Approach to EPE | 第13页 |
| 2.1.4. The Functional Approach to EPE | 第13-14页 |
| 2.1.5. The Cognitive Approach to EPE | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 The Previous Studies on Chinese Passive Expressions (CPE) | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2.1. The Primary Stage | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.2. The Developing Stage | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.3. The Mature Stage | 第17页 |
| 2.3 The Previous Studies on Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Passive Expressions | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第20-28页 |
| 3.1 A Brief Introduction to Construction Grammar | 第20-24页 |
| 3.1.1 The Background and Development of CG | 第20-22页 |
| 3.1.2 The Characteristics of CG | 第22-24页 |
| 3.1.3 Advantages of CG | 第24页 |
| 3.2 Prototype Theory | 第24-27页 |
| 3.2.1 The Background and Development of PT | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.2 Characteristics of PT | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.3 The Prototype Effect of Linguistics Category | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter four The Comparison between English and Chinese Passive Expressions | 第28-52页 |
| 4.1 The Definition and Classification of Passive Construction | 第28-31页 |
| 4.1.1 Definition of Passive Construction | 第28-30页 |
| 4.1.2 Classification of Passive Construction | 第30-31页 |
| 4.2 The Comparison between English and Chinese Prototypical Passive Expressions | 第31-40页 |
| 4.2.1 The Similarities between English and Chinese Prototypical Passive Expressions | 第31-35页 |
| 4.2.2 The Differences between English and Chinese Prototypical Passive Expressions | 第35-40页 |
| 4.3 The Comparison between English and Chinese Non-prototypical Passive Expressions | 第40-46页 |
| 4.3.1 The Similarities between English and Chinese Non-prototypical Passive Expressions | 第40-43页 |
| 4.3.2 The Differences between English and Chinese Non-prototypical Passive Expressions | 第43-46页 |
| 4.4 Analysis to a Special Type of Passive Expression in Chinese - New “bei” Construction | 第46-51页 |
| 4.4.1 The Semantic Properties of the New “bei” Construction | 第46-48页 |
| 4.4.2 The Syntactic Properties of the New “bei” Construction | 第48-50页 |
| 4.4.3 The Pragmatic Properties of the New “bei” Construction | 第50-51页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2 Implications and Limitations for the Study | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 Suggestions for Further Studies | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-60页 |
| Publications | 第60页 |
