| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Significance of Middle Constructions Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Methods and Procedure | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-34页 |
| ·Review of Related Research | 第16页 |
| ·Foreign Studies on Middle Constructions | 第16-27页 |
| ·Evidence for English Middle Constructions' Existence | 第22-24页 |
| ·Classification of English Middle constructions | 第24-27页 |
| ·Domestic Studies on Middle Constructions | 第27-34页 |
| ·Evidence for Chinese Middle constructions' existence | 第29-31页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese Middle Constructions | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第34-60页 |
| ·Constructional Grammar | 第34-47页 |
| ·Major Approaches and Creed of Constructional Grammar | 第35-37页 |
| ·Characteristics and Advantages of Construction Grammar | 第37-41页 |
| ·Integration between Verb and Construction | 第41-47页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第47-60页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Conceptual Metonymy | 第47-55页 |
| ·Generative Mechanism of Conceptual Metonymy | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter 3 Analysis of the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Features of Middle Constructions in English and Chinese | 第60-96页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Middle Constructions | 第60-64页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of English Middle Constructions | 第60-62页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Chinese Middle Constructions | 第62-64页 |
| ·Semantic Features of Middle Constructions | 第64-73页 |
| ·Semantic Features of EMC | 第65-70页 |
| ·Semantic Features of CMC | 第70-73页 |
| ·Information Structure and Pragmatic Function of Middle Constructions in English and Chinese | 第73-77页 |
| ·Information Structure and Pragmatic Function of English Middle Constructions | 第73-75页 |
| ·Information Structure and Pragmatic Function of Chinese Middle Constructions | 第75-77页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on-Middle Constructions Representation in English and Chinese | 第77-96页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on the Patient-Subject in EMC | 第77-81页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on Middle Verbs in EMC | 第81-86页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on Modifiers in EMC | 第86-88页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on the Patient-Subject in CMC | 第88-89页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on Middle Verbs in CMC | 第89-91页 |
| ·Generative Constraints on Modifiers in CMC | 第91-96页 |
| Chapter 4 Contrastive Study on Middle Constructions in English and Chinese | 第96-114页 |
| ·Similarities between EMC and CMC | 第96-101页 |
| ·Syntactic Similarities between EMC and CMC | 第96-98页 |
| ·Semantic Similarities between EMC and CMC | 第98-100页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Similarities between EMC and CMC | 第100-101页 |
| ·Difference between EMC and CMC | 第101-113页 |
| ·Syntactic Difference between EMC and CMC | 第101-102页 |
| ·Semantic Difference between EMC and CMC | 第102-106页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivation of Difference between English Middle Constructions and Chinese Middle Constructions | 第106-113页 |
| Summary | 第113-114页 |
| Conclusion | 第114-118页 |
| Major Findings of This Study | 第114-116页 |
| Limitations of This Study | 第116-117页 |
| Remaining Problems for Further Research | 第117-118页 |
| Bibliography | 第118-126页 |
| Appendix | 第126-130页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第130-132页 |
