| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Issues | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Research Procedure and Conception | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第17页 |
| 1.5 Research Significance | 第17页 |
| 1.6 Structure of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION | 第20-32页 |
| 2.1 Formal, Lexical and Constructional Approaches to Middle Construction | 第20-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditional Account | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Syntactic Account | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Lexical Approaches | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Properties and Restraints of Middle Construction | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.5 A Constructionist Approach | 第25页 |
| 2.1.6 Interim Summary | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Relevant Studies on the Acquisition of Constructions | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Acquisition of Constructions:General Discussions | 第26页 |
| 2.2.2 Empirical Studies and Experiments | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.3 Negative Evidence | 第27页 |
| 2.2.4 Constraints towards Overgeneralization | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.5 Generativity of Constructions | 第28页 |
| 2.3 Middle Construction to L2 Acquisition:Empirical Studies and Findings | 第28-29页 |
| 2.4 Relevant Studies on Chinese Middle Construction | 第29-30页 |
| 2.5 Dictionary and Middle Construction | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5.1 Status Quo and Relevant Studies | 第30页 |
| 2.5.2 Relevant Studies towards Better Definition of Constructions | 第30-31页 |
| 2.6 A Critical Review | 第31-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE FURTHER ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DYNAMIC MODAL | 第32-42页 |
| 3.1 Dynamic Modal and Disposition Ascription | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 Middle Construction:A Modal Analysis | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Restraints Reexplained | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4 Interim Summary | 第35-36页 |
| 3.5 Practical Implications | 第36-41页 |
| 3.5.1 Comparison with Other Dynamic Modals | 第37页 |
| 3.5.2 Comparison with Passives | 第37页 |
| 3.5.3 Comparison with Reflexives and Reciprocals | 第37-38页 |
| 3.5.4 Comparison with Unaccusatives and Unergatives | 第38-39页 |
| 3.5.5 A Proposal on Gauging Criteria | 第39-41页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CHINESE STUDENTS'DIFFICULTIES IN THE ACQUISITION OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION | 第42-58页 |
| 4.1 Research Design | 第42-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Scope of Research | 第43-45页 |
| 4.1.2 Corpus-based Analysis | 第45-46页 |
| 4.1.3 Error Analysis Method | 第46-47页 |
| 4.1.4 Procedure of the Investigation | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Results and Discussion | 第48-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Results and Discussion on Pilot Study | 第48-50页 |
| 4.2.2 Descriptions of Difficulties and Errors | 第50-57页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION IN ECLDs | 第58-74页 |
| 5.1 Dictionaries Involved in the Present Research | 第58页 |
| 5.2 The Representation of Middle Verbs in ECLDs | 第58-73页 |
| 5.2.1 A Lack of Marking of Middle Uses | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2.2 A Tendency to Mix Middle Uses with Other Uses | 第61-65页 |
| 5.2.3 Inconsistent Pattern with Insufficient Definition | 第65-71页 |
| 5.2.4 A Lack of Representation on Conceptual Information | 第71-72页 |
| 5.2.5 Insufficient Examples | 第72-73页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第73-74页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZATION OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ECLDs | 第74-86页 |
| 6.1 Guiding Principle | 第74页 |
| 6.2 A Proposed Model | 第74-80页 |
| 6.2.1 Syntactic Representation | 第75-76页 |
| 6.2.2 Conceptual Meaning Representation | 第76-79页 |
| 6.2.3 Pragmatic Representation | 第79-80页 |
| 6.3 Sample Representation for Middle Construction | 第80-84页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第84-86页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第86-90页 |
| 7.1 Findings of the Present Study | 第86-87页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第87页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第87-90页 |
| BIBLIOGRPAHY | 第90-98页 |
| APPENDICES | 第98-119页 |
| Appendix A Representation of the 36 Verbs in the Surveyed ECLDs | 第98-104页 |
| A1 LDOCE | 第98-100页 |
| A2 OALD | 第100-102页 |
| A3 CCADEC | 第102-104页 |
| Appendix B Representation of the 36 Verbs in the BNC | 第104-111页 |
| Appendix C Pilot Test on Chinese EFL Learners' Mastery of Middle Construction | 第111-116页 |
| Appendix D Test on Chinese EFL Learners' Mastery of Middle Construction | 第116-119页 |
