| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Rationale | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Present Study | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.5 Data Collection and Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| 1.6 Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-28页 |
| 2.1 Synonymy | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.1 The Notion of Synonymy | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Types of Synonymy | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Collocation and Semantic Prosody | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Collocation | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Semantic Prosody | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on the Semantic Prosodies of CAUSE-group Verbs | 第23-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Previous Studies on the Semantic Prosodies of CAUSE-group Verbs Abroad | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous Studies on the Semantic Prosodies of CAUSE-group Verbs at Home | 第24-27页 |
| 2.3.3 Summary | 第27-28页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第28-34页 |
| 3.1 Sinclair’s Idiom Principle | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2 Hoey’s Lexical Priming | 第29页 |
| 3.3 Sinclair’s Model of Extended Lexical Units (ELUs) | 第29-31页 |
| 3.4 Analytical Framework of the Present Study | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第34-39页 |
| 4.1 The Corpora Used in This study: Poly U Business Corpora | 第34页 |
| 4.2 The Selection of the CAUSE-group Near-synonyms | 第34-35页 |
| 4.3 Approaches to Uncovering Semantic Prosody | 第35-37页 |
| 4.3.1 Data-based Approach | 第35-36页 |
| 4.3.2 Data-driven Approach | 第36页 |
| 4.3.3 Combination of Data-based Approach and Data-driven Approach | 第36-37页 |
| 4.4 Analytical Procedure of Semantic Prosody | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE SEMANTIC PROSODIES OF CAUSE-GROUP NEAR-SYNONYMS INENGLISH AND CHINESE BUSINESS WRITING | 第39-62页 |
| 5.1 Semantic Prosodies of CAUSE-group Near-synonyms in English Business Writing | 第39-47页 |
| 5.1.1 Semantic Prosody of CAUSE | 第39-42页 |
| 5.1.2 Semantic Prosody of BRING about | 第42-43页 |
| 5.1.3 Semantic Prosody of RESULT in/from | 第43-45页 |
| 5.1.4 Semantic Prosody of LEAD to | 第45-47页 |
| 5.2 Semantic Prosodies of CAUSE-group Near-synonyms in Chinese Business Writing | 第47-53页 |
| 5.2.1 Semantic Prosody of產生 | 第47-49页 |
| 5.2.2 Semantic Prosody of帶來 | 第49-51页 |
| 5.2.3 Semantic Prosody of導致 | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2.4 Semantic Prosody of引起 | 第52-53页 |
| 5.3 Contrast of Semantic Prosodies between English and Chinese CAUSE-groupNear-synonyms in English and Chinese Business writing | 第53-55页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Dealing with the Differences of English and Chinese CAUSE-groupNear-synonyms in Business Writing | 第55-62页 |
| 5.4.1 Using Authentic Expressions | 第56-58页 |
| 5.4.2 Conveying Attitude Precisely | 第58-59页 |
| 5.4.3 Creating Perlocutionary Effects | 第59-60页 |
| 5.4.4 Summary | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS | 第62-66页 |
| 7.1 Findings of the Present Study | 第62-63页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第63-65页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第65-66页 |
| REFERENCES | 第66-70页 |
