| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review:Different Approaches to the Study of Voice | 第12-29页 |
| ·Voice Studied in Traditional Grammar | 第12-14页 |
| ·Voice Studied in Structural Grammar | 第14-15页 |
| ·Voice Studied in Transformational Generative Grammar | 第15-18页 |
| ·Voice Studied in Functional Grammar | 第18-21页 |
| ·Voice Studied in Cognitive Grammar | 第21-24页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Researches | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background | 第29-38页 |
| ·The Prominence View | 第29-33页 |
| ·Figure/Ground Theory | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Three A Cognitive Account of the Generation of the Voice of the English Verb | 第38-56页 |
| ·Voice Looked at from a Cognitive Perspective | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Definition of Voice | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Classification of Voice | 第40-41页 |
| ·Previous Cognitive Models Related to the Generation of Voice | 第41-50页 |
| ·The Canonical Event Model | 第42-46页 |
| ·Action Chains and Energy Flow | 第46-50页 |
| ·The Prominence View and the Voice | 第50-56页 |
| ·Prominence and Cognition | 第50-52页 |
| ·Prominence and the Generation of the Voice | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Account of the Use of the Voice of the English Verb | 第56-71页 |
| ·Prominence and the Selection of Voice | 第56-60页 |
| ·Prominence and the Interpretation of the Constraints on Voice | 第60-71页 |
| ·Prominence and the Interpretation of the Verb Constraints on Voice | 第61-63页 |
| ·Prominence and the Interpretation of the Object Constraints on Voice | 第63-67页 |
| ·Prominence and the Interpretation of the Semantic Constraints on Voice | 第67-69页 |
| ·Prominence and the Interpretation of the Stylistic Constraints on Voice | 第69-71页 |
| Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-82页 |
| Appendix | 第82-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84-86页 |
