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This paper examines structural alternations in English. It is argued that the structural alternations are to be dealt not with the purely syntactic approaches but with discourse pragmatic approaches. This paper consists of the following. Chapter 1 is an introduction that presents the purpose of this study. In 2.1, I deal with the double object constructions and prepositional dative constructions. The reason of these alternations is depended on discourse pragmatic factors; the meaning of verb, function in context, information status, focus etc. In 2.2, I deal with active and passive construction. The reason of these alternations is also depended on discourse pragmatic factors; contextual situation, transitivity, thematicity. In 2.3, I deal with there-construction and the construction without there. There-construction conveys new information, the assertion of existence, list and remind etc. in contexts, while the construction without there presents something on the immediate stage before our presence. In chapter 3, I conclude that the alternations in English are used according to the choice of speakers considering discourse pragmatic factors.