| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-20页 |
| ·Research background | 第13-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-35页 |
| ·Definition and categorization of passive markers in modern Chinese | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous studies on Chinese passive markers | 第22-30页 |
| ·The synchronic approach to passive markers | 第23-26页 |
| ·The diachronic approach to passive markers | 第26-30页 |
| ·Previous studies on grammaticalization | 第30-34页 |
| ·Definitions of grammaticalization | 第30-32页 |
| ·General review of grammaticalization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter Three Grammaticalization and Pragmatic Enrichment | 第35-61页 |
| ·Grammaticalization thoery | 第35-45页 |
| ·Characteristics of grammaticalization | 第35-37页 |
| ·Mechanisms of grammaticalization | 第37-39页 |
| ·Principles of grammaticalization | 第39-41页 |
| ·Lehmann's parameters of grammaticalization | 第41-45页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment theory | 第45-48页 |
| ·Pragmatic narrowing and pragmatic broadening | 第45-46页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and grammaticalization studies | 第46-48页 |
| ·The role of context in grammaticalization | 第48-50页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment as a mechanism behind grammaticalization | 第50-53页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment integrated with parameters of grammaticalization | 第53-56页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and desemanticization | 第53-54页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and paradigmaticization | 第54页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and obligatorification | 第54-55页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and condensation | 第55页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment and fixation | 第55-56页 |
| ·An integrated model of pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization process | 第56-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Grammaticalization of Modern Chinese Passive Markers in Light of Pragmatic Enrichment | 第61-90页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Bei | 第61-70页 |
| ·Evolution of Chinese Bei | 第61-63页 |
| ·An integrated model of pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Bei | 第63-70页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Jiao | 第70-76页 |
| ·Evolution of Chinese Jiao | 第70-71页 |
| ·An integrated model of pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Jiao | 第71-76页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Rang | 第76-82页 |
| ·Evolution of Chinese Rang | 第76-77页 |
| ·An integrated model of pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Rang | 第77-82页 |
| ·Pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Gei | 第82-88页 |
| ·Evolution of Chinese Gei | 第82-83页 |
| ·An Integrated model of pragmatic enrichment in grammaticalization of the passive marker Gei | 第83-88页 |
| ·Summary | 第88-90页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第90-95页 |
| ·Summary of major findings | 第90-92页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第92-93页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for the further research | 第93-95页 |
| References | 第95-99页 |
