| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-9页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Rationale | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Methodology and the Data | 第18-19页 |
| ·A Few Words on the Choosing of the Form “Textual-pragmatic” | 第19页 |
| ·The Organization of the Dissertation | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Transformationalists’Studies on the Passive Construction | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Functionalists’Studies on the Passive Construction | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Cognitive Linguists’Studies on the Passive Construction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of This Dissertation | 第27-45页 |
| ·General Ideas about the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第27-37页 |
| ·A Perspective, Adaptation and Making of Choices | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Three Key Notions in Linguistic Adaptation and Their Relationship | 第29-32页 |
| ·Variability, Negotiability and Adaptability | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Relationship between Variability, Negotiability and Adaptability | 第31-32页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation and Their Relationship | 第32-37页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Relationship between the Four Angels of Investigation | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第37-40页 |
| ·Dynamics of Context | 第37页 |
| ·Involvement of Not Only ‘Structures’But Also Principles of ‘Structuring | 第37-38页 |
| ·Dynamic Interadaptability of Context and Structure | 第38-39页 |
| ·Dynamic Studies on the Dynamic Functions of Language | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Passive Construction as a Means of Adaptation in a Text | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Passive Construction: a Marked Clause Type | 第40页 |
| ·A Text: a Co-text | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Passive Construction in a Text: a Means of Adaptation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Classification of the Passive Construction | 第45-55页 |
| ·Be+Ved Construction | 第46-51页 |
| ·The True Passive | 第46-49页 |
| ·Agentful Passive Construction | 第47-48页 |
| ·Agentless Passive Construction | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Semi-passive | 第49-50页 |
| ·Pseudo-passives | 第50-51页 |
| ·Adjectival Pseudo-passives | 第50-51页 |
| ·Verbal Pseudo-passives | 第51页 |
| ·Get+Ved Construction | 第51-52页 |
| ·Have+O+Ved Construction | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Middle Construction | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five The Textual-pragmatic Functions of Agentful Passive Construction | 第55-82页 |
| ·The Realization of Thematic Prominence and End-focus Simultaneously | 第55-59页 |
| ·Adaptation to End-weight and the Cognitive Processing Mode of Human Beings | 第59-62页 |
| ·Adaptation to the Texture: Cohesion and Coherence | 第62-68页 |
| ·Pragmatic Contrast | 第68-72页 |
| ·The Realization of Pragmatic Presupposition and Contextual Fit | 第72-77页 |
| ·The Maintenance of a Consistent Perspective | 第77-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-82页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| ·Main Contributions of the Dissertation | 第82-85页 |
| ·Limitations of this Dissertation | 第85-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-89页 |
