| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Preliminary Remarks | 第12-13页 |
| ·Issues About English and Chinese Passive | 第13-16页 |
| ·Objectives | 第16-17页 |
| ·My Approach | 第17页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第20-32页 |
| ·Formalist Approach | 第20-25页 |
| ·Early Transformational Analysis | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Extended Standard Theory and Principles and Parameters Theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Functional Approach | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 2 The Methodology | 第32-36页 |
| ·The Introduction of Vector | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Introduction of Metafunctions | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter3 A Contrastive Study of Passive Forms | 第36-54页 |
| ·The Similarities of English and Chinese Passive Forms | 第39-44页 |
| ·The Same Vector Direction of Passive Verbs | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Same Grammaticalization of Some Passive Markers | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Same Mechanism of Generation | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Differences of English and Chinese Passive Forms | 第44-54页 |
| ·The Differences in Prototypical Passives | 第45-51页 |
| ·The Differences in the Frequency of Use | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Differences in the Syntactic Treatment of the Demoted Agent | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Differences in the Degree of Affectedness | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Differences in the Way of Marking | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Differences in Conceptualization of Verb | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Differences in Stative Passives | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 4 A Contrastive Study of Passive Functions | 第54-66页 |
| ·Ideational Function | 第54-56页 |
| ·Textual Function | 第56-59页 |
| ·Topic-setting | 第56-58页 |
| ·Topic-connecting | 第58-59页 |
| ·Focus-contrasting | 第59页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function: the Passives as Pragmatic Devices | 第59-66页 |
| ·The Similarities in Interpersonal Function | 第60-61页 |
| ·Performing Actions | 第60-61页 |
| ·Exclaiming Attitude | 第61页 |
| ·The Differences in Interpersonal Function | 第61-66页 |
| ·Establishing Desired Relationship | 第62-64页 |
| ·Performing Attitude | 第64页 |
| ·Exclaiming Attitude | 第64-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| Notes | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-82页 |
