| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第10-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-22页 |
| ·Research Rationale | 第17-19页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第19-20页 |
| ·Methodology of the Thesis | 第20页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第22-47页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of English Middle Voice Construction (EMVC) | 第22-25页 |
| ·Definition of EMVC | 第22-24页 |
| ·Classification of EMVC | 第24-25页 |
| ·Semantic Features of the EMVC as a whole | 第25-30页 |
| ·Non-eventivity of EMVC | 第25-28页 |
| ·Genericity and Modality of EMVC | 第28-30页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Syntactic Components in EMVC | 第30-40页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Middle Verbs | 第30-33页 |
| ·Implicit Agent of EMVC | 第33-36页 |
| ·Adverbial Modification | 第36-37页 |
| ·Semantic Roles and Primary Responsibility of Subject | 第37-40页 |
| ·Semantic Roles of Subject | 第37-39页 |
| ·Primary Responsibility of Subject | 第39-40页 |
| ·Different Approaches to EMVC | 第40-45页 |
| ·Transformational-Generative Grammar Approach to EMVC | 第40-42页 |
| ·Systematic Functional Grammar Approach to EMVC | 第42-43页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics Approach to EMVC | 第43-45页 |
| ·Gap of Previous Studies on EMVC | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第47-61页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第47-52页 |
| ·Cognitive Reference Point-based Action Chain Model | 第52-61页 |
| ·Cognitive Reference Point | 第52-55页 |
| ·Action Chain | 第55-59页 |
| ·Action Chain Proposed by Langacker | 第55-57页 |
| ·Action Chain to the Description of Process of EMVC | 第57-59页 |
| ·Cognitive Reference Point-based Action Chain Model | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第61-68页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第61-62页 |
| ·Research Design | 第62页 |
| ·Method | 第62-68页 |
| ·Participants | 第62-63页 |
| ·Instruments | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Transcript of TEM449 | 第63页 |
| ·The Test of EMVC | 第63-64页 |
| ·Procedures | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第68-94页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第68-70页 |
| ·Scoring for Blank Filling | 第68页 |
| ·Scoring for Grammaticality Judgment Task | 第68-69页 |
| ·Scoring for Translation Task | 第69-70页 |
| ·Discussion | 第70-94页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question One | 第70-76页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question Two | 第76-83页 |
| ·Discussion of Research Question Three | 第83-89页 |
| ·Overall Discussion | 第89-94页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第94-98页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第94-95页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第95-96页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis | 第96页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第96-98页 |
| References | 第98-104页 |
| Appendix One | 第104-109页 |
| Appendix Two | 第109-116页 |
| Appendix Three | 第116-117页 |
