| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One The study of the passives | 第12-19页 |
| ·Formalist approach | 第12-14页 |
| ·Functional approach | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research in China | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical framework | 第19-24页 |
| ·Reasons for choosing Halliday's functional grammar | 第19-20页 |
| ·Halliday's meta-functions | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第24-29页 |
| ·The BNC and the software SARA | 第24-26页 |
| ·Defining the target structure and retrieving the corpus | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Corpus findings | 第29-44页 |
| ·Verb types and passive patterns | 第29-31页 |
| ·Frequencies and distribution of passives in different registers | 第31-43页 |
| ·Passives across spoken and written registers | 第31-34页 |
| ·Passives within spoken and written registers | 第34-39页 |
| ·Co-occurrence with other linguistic features across registers | 第39-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Five Functions of the passives | 第44-64页 |
| ·Ideational function: the passives as a different perspective of representation | 第44-48页 |
| ·Goal preposition | 第45-46页 |
| ·Agent postposition and omission | 第46-48页 |
| ·Interpersonal function: the passives as pragmatic devices | 第48-54页 |
| ·Establishing desired relationship | 第49-50页 |
| ·Performing actions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Exclaiming attitudes | 第51-54页 |
| ·Textual function: the passives as cohesive devices | 第54-63页 |
| ·Given-New organization | 第55-60页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme development | 第60-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Six Pedagogical implications | 第64-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-72页 |
| References | 第72-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
