| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Basic Theory | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2.1 Language Typology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2.2 Case Mechanisms in Ergative and Nominative Languages | 第17页 |
| 1.3 Research Methods | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions | 第18页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-28页 |
| 2.1 In the Field of Passive | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Study of Passive from Aspect of Traditional Grammar | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2 Study of Passive from Aspect of Transformational Grammar | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Study of Passive from Aspect of Functional Grammar | 第20页 |
| 2.1.4 Study of Passive from Aspect of Cognitive Grammar | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.5 Early Research of Passive | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 In the Field of English-Chinese Passive Constructions | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 In the Field of Ergativity | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Comments on Previous Research | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Grammatical Representations of Passive Category in World Language | 第28-43页 |
| 3.1 Passive and Passive Meaning | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Grammatical Representations of Passive Category in Ergative Languages | 第29-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Constructions that Resemble Passives | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Antipassive | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3 Grammatical Representations of Passive Category in Nominative Languages | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 Grammatical Representations of English-Chinese Passive Categories | 第37-42页 |
| 3.4.1 Grammatical Representations of Passive Category in English | 第37-40页 |
| 3.4.2 Grammatical Representations of Passive Category in Chinese | 第40-42页 |
| 3.4.3 The Asymmetries between English and Chinese Passive Categories | 第42页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Syntactic Analysis of Case Alignment on Chinese Passive Category | 第43-63页 |
| 4.1 Unaccusative Hypothesis | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2 Nominative-Accusative case Alignments in Ergative-Absolutive Languages | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3 Ergative Verbs in Chinese | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3.1 Status Change | 第47页 |
| 4.3.2 Psychological Change | 第47-48页 |
| 4.3.3 Deadjectiveal Verbs | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.4 Verbs of Self Change | 第49页 |
| 4.4 Ergative Case Alignments in Chinese Passive Category | 第49-60页 |
| 4.4.1 The Syntactic Analysis of SHENG and BAI | 第49-53页 |
| 4.4.1.1 Lv Shuxiang’s Analysis of SHENG and BAI | 第50-51页 |
| 4.4.1.2 Reanalysis of SHENG and BAI from the Perspective of CaseAlignment | 第51-53页 |
| 4.4.2 The syntactic Analysis of Verb-Resultative Construction | 第53-56页 |
| 4.4.3 The Syntactic Analysis of Middle Construction | 第56-59页 |
| 4.4.3.1 Study of Middle Construction | 第56-57页 |
| 4.4.3.2 Reanalysis of Middle Construction from the Perspective of CaseAlignment | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4.4 The Syntactic Analysis of Chinese Clauses | 第59-60页 |
| 4.5 Markedness in Chinese Passive Category | 第60-61页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Syntactic Analysis of Case Alignment on English Passive Category | 第63-79页 |
| 5.1 Study of Ergativity in English | 第63-65页 |
| 5.1.1 The Morphological View | 第64-65页 |
| 5.1.2 The Syntactic View | 第65页 |
| 5.2 Ergative Verbs in English | 第65-68页 |
| 5.2.1 Change of State | 第66页 |
| 5.2.2 Increase & Decrease | 第66-67页 |
| 5.2.3 Creation | 第67页 |
| 5.2.4 Inchoative | 第67-68页 |
| 5.3 The Syntactic Analysis of Middle Construction | 第68-70页 |
| 5.3.1 Study of Middle Construction | 第69页 |
| 5.3.2 Reanalysis of Middle Construction from the Perspective of Case Alignment | 第69-70页 |
| 5.4 Antipassive in English and Chinese | 第70-74页 |
| 5.5 Similarities and Differences between Ergativity of English and Chinese PassiveCategory | 第74-78页 |
| 5.5.1 Similarities and Differences in Syntax | 第74-77页 |
| 5.5.1.1 Similarities | 第74-75页 |
| 5.5.1.2 Differences | 第75-77页 |
| 5.5.2 Similarities and Differences in Semantics | 第77-78页 |
| 5.5.2.1 Similarities | 第77页 |
| 5.5.2.2 Differences | 第77-78页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第78-79页 |
| Chapter 6 Forces to the Case Alignment of Ergativity in Nominative Languages | 第79-83页 |
| 6.1 Splits Conditioned by the Semantic Nature of Verbs | 第79-80页 |
| 6.2 Splits Conditioned by the Semantic Nature of NPs | 第80-81页 |
| 6.3 Splits Conditioned by Tense/Aspect/Mood | 第81-82页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第83-86页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第83-84页 |
| 7.2 Limitations | 第84-85页 |
| 7.3 Suggestions for Further Study | 第85-86页 |
| References | 第86-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90-91页 |
| 在校期间发表的论文 | 第91页 |
