| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-24页 |
| ·Status Quo of Passive Constructions in Chinese | 第13-22页 |
| ·Traditional Analyses of Chinese Passive Markers and its Problems | 第14-16页 |
| ·Transformational Analyses of Chinese Passives and its Problems | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Analyses of Chinese Passives and its Problems | 第18-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Prototypical Bei-Construction in Modern Chinese | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Extension Base: Prototypical Ber-Construction | 第24-29页 |
| ·Prototypical Syntactic Structure of Ber-Construction: NP_2 (patient)+Bei (+ NP_1(agent)) +VP (transitive) | 第24-27页 |
| ·Constructional Meaning of Bei-Construction: Affectedness | 第27-29页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Bei-Construction: Adversity on Patients | 第29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Extension in Subject of bei-Construction | 第31-44页 |
| ·Prototypical Subject of Bei-Construction: Patient-Subject | 第31-32页 |
| ·Extension of Patient-Subject of Bei-Construction and its Pragmatic Functions | 第32-42页 |
| ·Different Extended Subject Roles of Bei-Construction | 第32-36页 |
| ·Metonymic Extension of Patient-Subject of Bei-Construction | 第36-41页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of the Extension of Patient-Subject | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Extension in Predicate of Bei-Construction | 第44-54页 |
| ·Prototypical Predicate of Bei-Construction: Transitive Predicate | 第44-45页 |
| ·Extension of Transitive Predicate of Bei-Construction and its Pragmatic Functions | 第45-52页 |
| ·Different Extended Predicate Structures of Bei-Construction | 第45-48页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension of Transitive Predicate of Bei-Construction | 第48-51页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of the Extension of Transitive-Predicate | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第60页 |
