| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Causation in English and Chinese | 第12-17页 |
| ·Causative Situation | 第12-14页 |
| ·Semantic Elements of Causatives | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Three Syntactic Features of Causatives in English and Chinese | 第17-32页 |
| ·English Marked Causatives and Chinese BA Constructions | 第17-25页 |
| ·NP1 as Subject | 第17-20页 |
| ·NP2 as Object | 第20-22页 |
| ·Complement | 第22-25页 |
| ·English Non-marked Causatives and Chinese Resultative Constructions | 第25-32页 |
| ·NP1 as Subject | 第26-28页 |
| ·NP2 as Object | 第28-29页 |
| ·Verb | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic Features of Causatives in English and Chinese | 第32-70页 |
| ·English Marked Causatives and Chinese BA Constructions | 第32-54页 |
| ·Semantic Components | 第32-49页 |
| ·Core-verb Structures | 第49-54页 |
| ·English Non-marked Causatives and Chinese Resultative Constructions | 第54-70页 |
| ·Semantic Components | 第54-64页 |
| ·Core-verb Structures | 第64-70页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Features of Causatives in English and Chinese | 第70-82页 |
| ·English Marked Causatives and Chinese BA Constructions | 第70-76页 |
| ·Occurrence of Caused Result | 第70-72页 |
| ·Highlighted Composition | 第72-74页 |
| ·Unique Feature | 第74-76页 |
| ·English Non-marked Causatives and Chinese Resultative Constructions | 第76-82页 |
| ·Economy Principle | 第76-77页 |
| ·Highlighted Composition | 第77-79页 |
| ·Information Transfer | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Published Papers | 第88页 |
