| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of this Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Methods and Data Collection | 第13-15页 |
| ·General Introduction of JDEST, BROWN and the LSWE Corpus | 第13-14页 |
| ·Tools and Software | 第14-15页 |
| ·Data Sampling and Processing in JDEST and BROWN | 第15页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Study of the Infinitive | 第22-48页 |
| ·Infinitive | 第22-27页 |
| ·Definition of Infinitive | 第22-23页 |
| ·Part of Speech and Meaning of the Infinitive Marker to | 第23-27页 |
| ·Infinitival Complement Clauses Controlled by Verbs | 第27-28页 |
| ·Verbs Used in Infinitival Complement Clauses | 第28-30页 |
| ·Quirk's Classification of Verbs in Pattern 2P | 第30-34页 |
| ·Special Usage of Infinitive in the Passive | 第34-48页 |
| ·Perceptual Verbs in the Passive Voice | 第34-43页 |
| ·Know in the Passive Voice | 第43-45页 |
| ·Causative Verbs in the Passive Voice | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Corpus-based Study of Pattern 2P | 第48-64页 |
| ·Results and Discussions of Pattern 2P in LGSWE, JDEST and BROWN | 第48-57页 |
| ·Distribution and Verb Frequency of Pattern 2P in LGSWE | 第48-52页 |
| ·Distribution and Verb Frequency of Pattern 2P in JDEST | 第52-55页 |
| ·Distribution and Verb Frequency of Pattern 2P in BROWN | 第55-57页 |
| ·Detailed Analysis of Pattern 2P in JDEST | 第57-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| ·Register Circumstance for Pattern 2P | 第64页 |
| ·Comparison of the Verbs' Frequencies in Pattern 2P between JDEST and the Other Five Registers | 第64-65页 |
| ·Verb Classification in Pattern 2P | 第65页 |
| ·Implications for the Teaching and Learning of English for Science and Technology | 第65-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第71-73页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第73-74页 |
| Publication | 第74-75页 |
| Resume | 第75页 |
