| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Preliminaries | 第14-24页 |
| ·Metafunctions of Language | 第14-15页 |
| ·Transitivity | 第15-20页 |
| ·Process, Participants and Circumstance | 第17页 |
| ·Material Process | 第17-20页 |
| ·Ergativity | 第20页 |
| ·Theme and Rheme | 第20-22页 |
| ·Figure and Ground | 第22页 |
| ·A Proposed Framework of This Study | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Dissection of Material Processes in English and Chinese | 第24-48页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第24页 |
| ·Material Clauses in English | 第24-32页 |
| ·Semantic Roles in Material Clauses in English | 第25-29页 |
| ·Actor and Goal | 第25页 |
| ·Circumstances and Other Additional Semantic Roles | 第25-29页 |
| ·Thematic Analysis on Material Process in English | 第29-30页 |
| ·Figure-grounding Analysis on Material Clauses in English | 第30-32页 |
| ·Material Processes in Chinese | 第32-45页 |
| ·One-participant Material Clauses | 第35-37页 |
| ·Simple Material Clauses | 第35-36页 |
| ·Material Clauses with Range | 第36-37页 |
| ·Double-participant Material Clauses | 第37-39页 |
| ·Ba Construction | 第39-44页 |
| ·Current Study of Ba Construction | 第40-41页 |
| ·Information Focus of Ba Construction | 第41-42页 |
| ·Figure-grounding Analysis on Ba Construction | 第42-44页 |
| ·Ba Construction and Its English Equivalents | 第44-45页 |
| ·Fundamental Forms of Ba Construction | 第44页 |
| ·The English Equivalents of Ba Construction | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Types of Material Processes and Verb Classes | 第48-62页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第48页 |
| ·Types of Material Processes in English | 第48-55页 |
| ·Descriptive and Effective | 第48-53页 |
| ·Operative and Receptive | 第53-54页 |
| ·Transformative and Creative | 第54-55页 |
| ·Types of Material Processes in Chinese | 第55-61页 |
| ·Descriptive: Action and Event | 第55-57页 |
| ·Effective Processes: Action and Event | 第57-59页 |
| ·Effective Processes: Goal, Range and Beneficiary | 第59-61页 |
| ·Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Five Ergativity and the Passive in English and Chinese | 第62-77页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第62页 |
| ·Ergativity in English | 第62-65页 |
| ·Distinction of Morphological and Syntactic Ergativity | 第63-64页 |
| ·Some Examples and Interpretation of Ergativity in English | 第64-65页 |
| ·Ergative Verbs in English | 第65页 |
| ·Ergativity in Chinese | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Passive in English | 第67-71页 |
| ·Types of the English Passive | 第68-69页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions | 第69-71页 |
| ·Restrictions for Verbs | 第69-70页 |
| ·Restrictions for Pronouns | 第70-71页 |
| ·Restrictions for Phrases or Clauses | 第71页 |
| ·The Passive in Chinese | 第71-74页 |
| ·Fundamental Types of Bei Construction | 第71-72页 |
| ·Overt Bei Construction | 第72页 |
| ·Covert Bei Construction | 第72页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions for Chinese Bei Construction | 第72-74页 |
| ·Restrictions for Verbs | 第73页 |
| ·Restrictions for Pronouns | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-77页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| Bibliography | 第80-83页 |
