| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OFABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OFTABLES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Issues | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Research Procedure and Conception | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第17页 |
| 1.5 Research Significance | 第17页 |
| 1.6 Working Definition of Middle Constructions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.7 Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS | 第20-36页 |
| 2.1 Semantic Categorization of English Middle Constructions | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Syntactic Features of English Middle Constructions | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Passive-participant Subject andActive Morphology | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Tense andAspect | 第23页 |
| 2.2.3 Adverbial | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Semantic Features of English Middle Constructions | 第24-27页 |
| 2.3.1 Agent Irrelevance and the ImplicitArgument | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Time-irrelevance and Genericity, Non-eventiveness | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4 L2Acquisition of Middle Constructions by Chinese EFL Learners | 第27-28页 |
| 2.5 Research on Representation of Constructions in ECLDs | 第28-29页 |
| 2.6 ThreeApproaches to Middle Constructions | 第29-34页 |
| 2.6.1 SyntacticApproach | 第29-31页 |
| 2.6.2 Generative GrammarApproach | 第31-33页 |
| 2.6.3 The Cognitive GrammarApproach | 第33-34页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COGNITIVE GRAMMAR | 第36-46页 |
| 3.1 Virtual Reality and Middle Construction | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 Selectional Constraints on Verbs and Adverbials | 第37-39页 |
| 3.2.1 Middable Verbs | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2 Selectional Constraints onAdverbial | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3 Conditions on Middle Formation | 第39-43页 |
| 3.3.1 Aspectuality Condition | 第40-42页 |
| 3.3.2 Responsibility Condition | 第42-43页 |
| 3.4 Other Factors Affecting theAcceptability of Middle Constructions | 第43-45页 |
| 3.4.1 Semantic Compatibility | 第43-44页 |
| 3.4.2 Pragmatic Factors | 第44-45页 |
| 3.5 Conclusion | 第45-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CHINESE EFL LEARNERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS | 第46-54页 |
| 4.1 Research Design | 第46-48页 |
| 4.1.1 Corpus-based Analysis Method | 第46-47页 |
| 4.1.2 ErrorAnalysis Method | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2 Results and Discussion | 第48-52页 |
| 4.2.1 Problems Caused by Cross-linguistic Cognitive Difference | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.2 Problems Caused by Overgeneralization | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ECLDs | 第54-66页 |
| 5.1 Dictionaries Involved in the Present Research | 第54页 |
| 5.2 The Representation of Middle Verbs in ECLDs | 第54-64页 |
| 5.2.1 Lack of Proper Examples | 第55-58页 |
| 5.2.2 Lack of Representation of ProperAdverbials | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2.3 Lack of Proper Syntactic Pattern of Middle Constructions | 第60-64页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第64-66页 |
| CHAPTER SIX ANADAPTED MODEL BASED ON MDT | 第66-76页 |
| 6.1 AGeneral Introduction of MDT | 第66-67页 |
| 6.2 An Adapted Model for Middle Constructions | 第67-72页 |
| 6.2.1 Establishment of Syntactic Representation Module | 第67-69页 |
| 6.2.2 Establishment of Pragmatic Representation Module | 第69-70页 |
| 6.2.3 Establishment of Conceptual Meaning Representation Module | 第70-72页 |
| 6.3 Sample Representation for Middle Constructions | 第72-74页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第74-76页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第76-78页 |
| 7.1 Findings of the Present Study | 第76页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第76-77页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第77-78页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第78-88页 |
| APPENDICES | 第88-96页 |
| APPENDIX A | 第88-90页 |
| APPENDIX B | 第90-93页 |
| APPENDIX C | 第93-96页 |
