| A List of Diagrams and Figures | 第1-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-9页 |
| 前言 | 第9-15页 |
| 摘要 | 第15-16页 |
| Abstract | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第18-22页 |
| ·The aims of studying the English passive construction | 第18页 |
| ·My approach | 第18-20页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Previous Researches on the Study of the English Passive Construction | 第22-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Varieties of approaches to the English passive construction | 第22-32页 |
| ·Traditional approach | 第22-26页 |
| ·Structural approach | 第26-27页 |
| ·Transformational approach | 第27-30页 |
| ·Cognitive approach | 第30-32页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Theoretical Framework | 第33-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·ICM | 第33-36页 |
| ·ICM proposed by Lakoff | 第33-35页 |
| ·The prototype effect of ICM | 第35-36页 |
| ·EICM theoretical framework | 第36-43页 |
| ·The introduction of EICM (ICM of events) | 第37-41页 |
| ·Three event views and voice | 第41-43页 |
| ·Suggested ICM for the English passive construction | 第43-44页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ ICM Approach to the English Passive Construction | 第45-63页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·The active construction and the passive construction | 第45-48页 |
| ·The active construction and passivization | 第45-47页 |
| ·Mechanisms of generating the active construction and the passive construction | 第47-48页 |
| ·The prototypical English passive construction | 第48-53页 |
| ·The cognitive analysis of the passive construction with mono-transitive V-en | 第48-50页 |
| ·The prototypical passive construction and syntactically prototype-like construction | 第50-53页 |
| ·The cognitive analysis of the passive construction with transitive stative V-en | 第53-56页 |
| ·The cognitive analysis of the passive construction with di-transitive V-en | 第56-57页 |
| ·The cognitive analysis of get-passive construction | 第57-61页 |
| ·The cognitive analysis of "patient-subject+activity verb" | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Concluding Remarks | 第63-66页 |
| ·My findings and contributions | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implications | 第64-65页 |
| ·Remaining problems and suggestions | 第65-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
