| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance and Objectives of Research | 第10-12页 |
| ·Overview of Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-28页 |
| ·General Description of Chinese Passives | 第13-18页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Passives | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Definition of Chinese Passives | 第13-14页 |
| ·Working Definition of Chinese Passives | 第14页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese Passives | 第14-15页 |
| ·Previous Classification of Chinese Passives | 第14-15页 |
| ·Working Classification of Chinese Passives | 第15页 |
| ·Characteristics of Chinese Passives | 第15-18页 |
| ·Existing Research on Bei's Categorial Feature | 第18-20页 |
| ·Bei as a Preposition | 第18-19页 |
| ·Bei with Dual Status | 第19页 |
| ·Bei as a Verb | 第19-20页 |
| ·Bei as a Sub-Verb | 第20页 |
| ·Existing Research on Retained-object Passives | 第20-25页 |
| ·General Description of RO Passives | 第20-24页 |
| ·Definition of RO Passives | 第20-22页 |
| ·Classification of RO Passives | 第22-24页 |
| ·Two Lines of Research | 第24-25页 |
| ·Case-theory-based Line of Research | 第24-25页 |
| ·MP-based Line of Research | 第25页 |
| ·Existing Research on Resumptive-pronoun Passives | 第25-28页 |
| ·Definition of RP Passives | 第25页 |
| ·Existing Research | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundations | 第28-37页 |
| ·Dynamic Development of Chomsky's Generative Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of the Thesis | 第29-36页 |
| ·Government and Binding Theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·Minimalist Program and Beyond | 第32-34页 |
| ·Operations that Enter into C_(HL) | 第33页 |
| ·Lexicon &CFC | 第33-34页 |
| ·Phase | 第34页 |
| ·Thematic Hierarchy Theory | 第34-36页 |
| ·Theoretical Hypotheses | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Revisiting Issues of Chinese-specific Bei Passives | 第37-69页 |
| ·Revisiting the Bei's Categorial Feature | 第37-40页 |
| ·Revisiting the Derivation of Retained-object Passives | 第40-64页 |
| ·Tentative Tests against RO and RP Passives on Translation Tools | 第40-43页 |
| ·Critical Evaluations of Two Lines of Research | 第43-52页 |
| ·Xu's Approach and Critical Evaluation | 第43-47页 |
| ·Han's Approach and Critical Evaluation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Wu's Approach and Critical Evaluation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Wen & Chen's Approach and Critical Evaluation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Reclassification of RO Passives | 第52-54页 |
| ·Reanalysis under P&P and Beyond | 第54-64页 |
| ·Revisiting the Derivation of Resumptive-pronoun Passives | 第64-69页 |
| ·Access Conditions of RP to Chinese Passives | 第64-69页 |
| ·RP and Object Marker Ba | 第64-66页 |
| ·RP and Long Passives | 第66-67页 |
| ·RP and Affectee Marker Gei | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| ·Summary of the Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-74页 |
