| Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第1-13页 |
| ·LITERATURE REVIEW | 第8-11页 |
| ·The Comparative Study of English, French and Chinese Languages and Its Status Quo | 第8-10页 |
| ·The Problems Concerning a Comparative Study of English, French and Chinese Passives | 第10-11页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THE DISSERTATION | 第11-12页 |
| ·LAYOUT OF THE DISSERTATION | 第12-13页 |
| Ⅱ EXPLORATION ON SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF PASSIVES | 第13-22页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF PASSlVES | 第13-17页 |
| ·Syntactic Definition | 第13-14页 |
| ·Semantic Definition | 第14-17页 |
| ·STRUCTURES OF ENGLISH, FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第17-22页 |
| ·Passives in English | 第17-18页 |
| ·Passives in French | 第18-20页 |
| ·Passives in Chinese | 第20-22页 |
| Ⅲ SYNTACTIC COMPARISON ON ENGLISH FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第22-47页 |
| ·PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS | 第23-24页 |
| ·GENERAL SYNTACTIC PRINCIPLES OF PASSIVES IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND CHINESE | 第24-31页 |
| ·Affectedness of Entity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Promotion and Demotion | 第25-27页 |
| ·Some Constraints for Verbs | 第27-31页 |
| ·SYNTACTIC DIFFERENCES ON ENGLISH FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第31-47页 |
| ·Differences in Subject | 第31-35页 |
| ·Differences in Prepositions Introducing the Agent and the Optional Agent | 第35-39页 |
| ·Differences in Verbs | 第39-47页 |
| Ⅳ SEMANTIC COMPARISON ON ENGLISH FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第47-53页 |
| ·SEMANTIC SIMILARITIES OF ENGLISH FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第47-50页 |
| ·Ambiguity of Agent | 第47-48页 |
| ·Natural Change of the Subject | 第48-49页 |
| ·Impersonal Position | 第49-50页 |
| ·SEMANTIC DIFFERENCES ON ENGLISH FRENCH AND CHINESE PASSIVES | 第50-51页 |
| ·Objective Attribution of English and French Passive Voice | 第50-51页 |
| ·Negative Meaning of Chinese Passive Voice | 第51-53页 |
| Ⅴ PROFOUND REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENCES OF PASSIVES IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES-CULTURE DIFFERENCES | 第53-67页 |
| ·CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 第54-58页 |
| ·CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS | 第58-63页 |
| ·CULTURAL DIFFERENCE OF VALUES, PSYCHOLOGY, THINKING AND BEHAVIOR PATTERNS | 第63-67页 |
| Ⅵ CONCLUSION | 第67-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-71页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第71页 |
