| 前言 | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·The Essence of Chomskyan revolution | 第13-16页 |
| ·Goals and methologies in my study | 第16-19页 |
| ·The structure of my dissertation | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical foundations | 第24-33页 |
| ·Fundamental assumptions and goals of Chomskyan linguistic | 第24-26页 |
| ·The relevant theories or modules adopted in my dissertation. | 第26-33页 |
| Chapter Four The development of the passive construction in Chomskyan theory | 第33-62页 |
| ·The Classical period (1957-1965):Phrase structure rules, transformational rules and passivization | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Period of Standard Theory (1965-1970):Deep Structure and passivization | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Period of Extended Standard Theory (1970-1979):Nominalizational transformation, move α , and passivization | 第40-44页 |
| ·The Period of Government and Binding (1979-1993) | 第44-53页 |
| ·The properties of Chomskyan modularity grammar | 第44-45页 |
| ·NP movement, Case theory, and passivization | 第45-51页 |
| ·Government and passivization | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Period of Minimalist Program (1995-present) | 第53-62页 |
| ·Checking theory and passivization | 第53-56页 |
| ·Subject-to-subject raising and passivization | 第56-59页 |
| ·VP-shell and the implied or conceptual passivization | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Five A tentative application of the developed passive structure to analyzing the Chinese Bei-zi structure | 第62-72页 |
| ·The relevant hypothesises | 第63-64页 |
| ·A tentative study of the Bei-zi structure | 第64-68页 |
| ·The transformation and generation of the long Bei-zi structure | 第68-70页 |
| ·The transformation and generation of the short Bei-zi structure | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Six Cognitive evaluations about the dynamic development of the passive construction in Chomskyan theory | 第72-79页 |
| ·Cognitive principles | 第73-76页 |
| ·Principle of economy | 第73-74页 |
| ·Principle of optimality | 第74-75页 |
| ·Principle of stability | 第75-76页 |
| ·Cognitive approaches | 第76-79页 |
| ·Explanation | 第76-77页 |
| ·Computation | 第77-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-80页 |
| References | 第80-82页 |
