| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The objects of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Goals of this study | 第11页 |
| ·The methodology and data for the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·A sketch map of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第13-25页 |
| ·The definitions of the two constructions | 第13-17页 |
| ·The English ergative construction | 第13-14页 |
| ·The English middle construction | 第14-17页 |
| ·The generative approach to the two constructions | 第17-22页 |
| ·The syntactic approach | 第18-19页 |
| ·The lexical approach | 第19-22页 |
| ·The need of a cognitive account | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical background: Cognitive Grammar | 第25-38页 |
| ·General remarks | 第25-29页 |
| ·Cognitive construal of events | 第29-35页 |
| ·The construction of meaning and the meaning of construction | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four A contrastive study of the English ergative construction and middle construction | 第38-57页 |
| ·The ergative profile and middle profile | 第38-41页 |
| ·The eventiveness of the ergative profile | 第38-39页 |
| ·The genericity of the middle profile | 第39-41页 |
| ·The ergative subject and middle subject | 第41-48页 |
| ·The patient-subject in the English ergative construction | 第41-44页 |
| ·The non-presupposition of an agent in the ergative construction .. | 第44-45页 |
| ·Non-agent subject of the English middle construction | 第45-47页 |
| ·Responsibility and modality of the middle subject | 第47-48页 |
| ·Aspectuality of ergative verbs and middle adverbials | 第48-51页 |
| ·Aspectuality of ergative verbs | 第48-50页 |
| ·The adverbial modification in the English middle construction | 第50-51页 |
| ·The non-present tense and the present tense | 第51-55页 |
| ·The non-present tense of ergative verbs | 第51-52页 |
| ·The present tense of middle verbs | 第52-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Major findings of this study | 第57-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第60-61页 |
| References | 第61-66页 |
