| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter 1 An Introduction to English Middle Construction | 第17-29页 |
| ·Definition of English Middle Construction | 第17-20页 |
| ·Basic Features of English Middle Construction | 第20-29页 |
| ·Semantic Features of English Middle Construction | 第21-25页 |
| ·Non-eventivity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Modality | 第23页 |
| ·Agentivity | 第23-25页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of English Middle Construction | 第25-29页 |
| ·Adverbial Modification | 第26-27页 |
| ·Subject Raising | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Previous Studies on English Middle Construction | 第29-35页 |
| ·Generative Study on English Middle Construction | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Study on English Middle Construction | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第35-53页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第35-47页 |
| ·Tenets of Construction Grammar | 第37-42页 |
| ·Nature of Verb Meaning | 第42-43页 |
| ·Nature of Constructional Meaning | 第43-44页 |
| ·Interaction between Verbs and Constructions | 第44-47页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第47-53页 |
| ·Definition of Grammaticalization | 第47-49页 |
| ·Motivation of Grammaticalization | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter 4 Construction Grammar-based Account of English Middle Construction | 第53-86页 |
| ·English Middle Construction as an Independent Construction | 第53-63页 |
| ·Conflicts between the Inherent Semantics of Middle Verbs and the Constructional Interpretation | 第55-59页 |
| ·Non-derivational Characteristics of English Middle Construction | 第59-63页 |
| ·Meaning of English Middle Construction | 第63-74页 |
| ·Interaction between Middle Verbs and English Middle Construction | 第66-71页 |
| ·Relation between Middle Verbs and English Middle Construction | 第66-67页 |
| ·Integration between the Participant Roles of Middle Verbs and the Argument Roles of English Middle Construction | 第67-71页 |
| ·Responsibility of the Argument Roles in English Middle Construction | 第71-74页 |
| ·Formation of English Middle Construction | 第74-86页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of Middle Verbs | 第76-81页 |
| ·Grammaticalization of the Patient-subject | 第81-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-89页 |
| Notes | 第89-91页 |
| Bibliography | 第91-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要的研究成果目录 | 第99页 |
