声明
Acknowledgments
Abstract
摘要
Contents
A List of Tables
A List of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Objectives of the Study
1.3 Necessity and Significance of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Unaccusative Hypothesis
2.2 Previous Studies of the Overpassivization of Unaccusative Verbs
2.2.1 The Overpassivization Phenomenon
2.2.2 Accounts of the Overpassivization of Unaccusative Verbs
2.3 Originality of the Study
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Procedures of the Study
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Frequencies of Overpassivization of Five-Group Unaccusative Verbs
4.2 Causes of Overpassivization of Five-Group Unaccusative Verbs
4.2.1 Causes of Overpassivization of Group One
4.2.2 Causes of Overpassivization of Group Two
4.2.3 Causes of Overpassivization of Group Three
4.2.4 Causes of Overpassivization of Group Four
4.2.5 Causes of Overpassivization of Group Five
4.2.6 Summary
4.3 Revisit of Chinese EFL Learners’ Overpassivization of Unaccusative Verbs
4.3.1 The Animacy
4.3.2 The Agentivity
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Summary of Major Findings
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Studies
References
Appendices
Publication