| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-12页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-24页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第14-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·Methodology | 第19-21页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第24-40页 |
| ·Middle Construction | 第24-31页 |
| ·Definition of Middle Construction | 第24-26页 |
| ·Formation of Middle Construction | 第26-28页 |
| ·Syntactic Feature of Middle Construction | 第28-30页 |
| ·Semantic Feature of Middle Construction | 第30-31页 |
| ·Middle Verbs | 第31-34页 |
| ·Classification of Verbs | 第32页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Middle Verbs | 第32-34页 |
| ·Adjuncts of Middle Construction | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Concept of Adjunct | 第34-35页 |
| ·Features of Middle Adjuncts | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Types of Adjuncts of Middle Construction | 第36-37页 |
| ·Relationships between Middle Constructions, Middle Verbs, and Adjuncts | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第40-48页 |
| ·Cognitive Constructional Grammar | 第40-45页 |
| ·Concept of Construction | 第41-42页 |
| ·Nature of Verb Meaning and Construction Meaning | 第42-43页 |
| ·Argument Structure Constructions | 第43-45页 |
| ·Frame Semantics | 第45-46页 |
| ·C00peratiVe Principle | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Four The Cognitive Approaches to the Selectional Restriclions on the Middle Constructions Adjuncts | 第48-65页 |
| ·The General Distribution of the Middle Constructions' Adjucts Based on Corpus Analysis | 第48-50页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts Under the Framework of Construction Grammar | 第50-64页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts of the Middle Verb Read | 第50-55页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts of the，Middle Vetb Sell | 第55-59页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts of the Middle Verb Drive | 第59-64页 |
| ·Sumlnary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Five Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts under the Framework of Pragmatics | 第65-78页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts under the Framework of Cooperative Principle | 第65-68页 |
| ·Selectional RestricIions on the Ellipsis of Adjuncts：A Case Study of Adjuncts Of the Middle Verbs Sell and Drive | 第65-67页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on the Necessity of Adjuncts：A Case Study of Adjuncts of the Middle Verb Read | 第67-68页 |
| ·Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts in Contexts | 第68-69页 |
| ·Differences and Simjlarities of Adjuncts of Three High Frequency Middle Verbs | 第69-72页 |
| ·Differences in Types of Adjuncts of Three High Frequency Middle Verbs | 第69-70页 |
| ·Similarities in Adverbs Placement of Three High Frequency Middle Verbs | 第70-72页 |
| ·Principles of Selectional Restrictions on Adjuncts | 第72-77页 |
| ·Semantic Selectional Principle | 第72-74页 |
| ·Pragmatic Selectional Principle | 第74-75页 |
| ·Integrating Selectional Restrictions on Middle Adjuncts | 第75-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-78页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第79页 |
| ·Limitations | 第79-80页 |
| ·Prospects for further research | 第80-81页 |
| References | 第81-85页 |
