| Acknowledgements | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-25页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Framework of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| 1.4.1 Cognitive Construction Grammar | 第18-20页 |
| 1.4.2 Prototype Theory | 第20页 |
| 1.5 Methodology of the Study | 第20-23页 |
| 1.5.1 Data Collection | 第21-22页 |
| 1.5.2 Data Analysis | 第22-23页 |
| 1.6 Structure of the Thesis | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第25-30页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Derivation of Middle Constructions | 第25-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Syntactic Approaches | 第25-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Lexical Approaches | 第26页 |
| 2.1.3 Cognitive Approaches | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Comparative Studies of English Middle Constructions and Chinese MiddleConstructions | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3 Corpus-based Studies of English Middle Constructions and Chinese MiddleConstructions | 第28-29页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Delimiting Chinese Middle Constructions | 第30-46页 |
| 3.1 Semantic and Syntactic Features of Middle Constructions | 第30-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Semantic Features of Middle Constructions | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Syntactic Features of Middle Constructions | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2 Chinese Qilai Construction (NP+V-Qilai+AP) | 第33-36页 |
| 3.2.1 NP-oriented AP (Type A) | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 VP-oriented AP (Type B) | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2.3 Implicit Agent-oriented AP (Type C) | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 Other Types of CMC Discussed in the Literature | 第36-44页 |
| 3.3.1 “NP+V-Shangqu/Zhe/Lai+AP” Construction | 第36-40页 |
| 3.3.2 “NP+AP (Hao/Rongyi)+V” Construction | 第40-44页 |
| 3.4 Our Definition of CMC | 第44-45页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four Corpus-based Study of Components in English MiddleConstructions and Chinese Middle Constructions | 第46-105页 |
| 4.1 Corpus-based Study of Arguments in EMC and CMC | 第46-62页 |
| 4.1.1 Corpus-based Study of Subjects in EMC and CMC | 第46-55页 |
| 4.1.2 Corpus-based Study of Implicit Agents in EMC and CMC | 第55-61页 |
| 4.1.3 Summary | 第61-62页 |
| 4.2 Corpus-based Study of Verbs in EMC and CMC | 第62-81页 |
| 4.2.1 Transitivity of Verbs in Middle Constructions | 第62-64页 |
| 4.2.2 Constraints on Verbs in EMC and CMC | 第64-71页 |
| 4.2.3 Comparisons of Verbs in EMC and CMC | 第71-80页 |
| 4.2.4 Summary | 第80-81页 |
| 4.3 Corpus-based Study of Adjuncts in EMC and CMC | 第81-105页 |
| 4.3.1 Constraints on Adjuncts in CMC and EMC | 第81-82页 |
| 4.3.2 Syntactic Types of Adjuncts in EMC and CMC in Corpora | 第82-95页 |
| 4.3.3 Semantic Types of Adjuncts in EMC and CMC in Corpora | 第95-102页 |
| 4.3.4 Motivation for the Need of Adjuncts | 第102-104页 |
| 4.3.5 Summary | 第104-105页 |
| Chapter Five The Category of Middles: Prototypes and Non-prototypes | 第105-114页 |
| 5.1 Standards of Prototypical and Non-prototypical EMC and CMC | 第105-106页 |
| 5.2 Prototypical and Non-prototypical EMC | 第106-109页 |
| 5.2.1 Prototypical EMC | 第107-108页 |
| 5.2.2 Non-prototypical EMC | 第108-109页 |
| 5.3 Prototypical and Non-prototypical CMC | 第109-111页 |
| 5.3.1 Prototypical CMC | 第109-110页 |
| 5.3.2 Non-prototypical CMC | 第110-111页 |
| 5.4 A Comparison of Non-prototypical EMC and CMC | 第111-113页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第113-114页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第114-118页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第114-117页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the Study | 第117页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for Further Research | 第117-118页 |
| References | 第118-124页 |
| About the Author | 第124页 |
