| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| ·Ergativity in Languages | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| ·Data Sources | 第18页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-25页 |
| ·Formalist View on Ergativity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Functional View on Ergativity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive View on Ergativity | 第21页 |
| ·Linguistic Typological View on Ergativity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Ergativity in English and Chinese (E-C) | 第23-24页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Background | 第25-33页 |
| ·Approaches from Syntax and Semantics | 第25-28页 |
| ·Traditional Approach from Syntax:Concord and Government | 第25-26页 |
| ·Traditional Approach from Semantics:Sense Relations | 第26-27页 |
| ·Structural Approach from Syntax:Immediate Constituents Analysis | 第27页 |
| ·Structural Approach from Semantics:Componential Analysis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Application of Cognitive Theories | 第28-31页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Model | 第28页 |
| ·Canonical Event Model | 第28-30页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Principle | 第30-31页 |
| ·Iconicity | 第31页 |
| ·Application of Linguistic Typological Theories | 第31-33页 |
| ·Markedness | 第31页 |
| ·Grammatical Hierarchies | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Syntactic Comparison between E-C Ergative Constructions (ECs) | 第33-41页 |
| ·Tense and Aspect in E-C ECs | 第33-34页 |
| ·Concord in E-C ECs | 第34-36页 |
| ·Government in E-C ECs | 第36-38页 |
| ·Governing Word Order Ⅰ:NPin+EV (Ergative Verb) | 第36页 |
| ·Governing Word Order Ⅱ:EV+(Comp) | 第36-38页 |
| ·Ultimate Constituents in E-C ECs | 第38-41页 |
| ·Ultimate Constituents in EECs | 第38-39页 |
| ·Ultimate Constituents in CECs | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 5 Semantic Comparison between E-C ECs | 第41-58页 |
| ·Sense Relations in E-C EVs | 第41-45页 |
| ·Synonymy in E-C EVs | 第41-42页 |
| ·Antonymy in E-C EVs | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hyponymy in E-C EVs | 第43-45页 |
| ·Functions of Sense Relations:Categorization | 第45-46页 |
| ·Break Category:A Representative of Resultative EVs | 第46-52页 |
| ·Resultative EEVs | 第46-49页 |
| ·Resultative CEVs | 第49-51页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences between Resultative E-C EVs | 第51-52页 |
| ·Move Category:Directional EVs | 第52-58页 |
| ·Directional EEVs | 第52-55页 |
| ·Directional CEVs | 第55-57页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences between Directional E-C EVs | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Interpretations of E-C ECs | 第58-71页 |
| ·Interpretations of E-C ECs from Cognitive Linguistics | 第58-64页 |
| ·E-C ECs:A Metonymic Expression of an Event | 第58-61页 |
| ·EV+(Comp) and Iconicity | 第61-63页 |
| ·NP in of E-C ECs:Figure | 第63-64页 |
| ·Motivation for Integration to EC:Conceptual Independence | 第64页 |
| ·Interpretations of E-C ECs from Linguistic Typology | 第64-71页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| References | 第73-78页 |
| Appendix 1 List of EEVs in Collins Cobuild Learner's Dictionary | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 2 List of CEVs Available | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix 3 Words after backed [backed~(**)] in COCA | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix 4 Words after spiraled[spiraled~(**)] in COCA | 第82页 |
