| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| Chapter One Association patterns between synonymous adjectives and negative sentences | 第16-30页 |
| ·Synonymous adjectives without negative affixes | 第17-23页 |
| ·Synonymous adjectives: little versus small | 第17-23页 |
| ·Characteristics of little and small | 第17-18页 |
| ·Characteristics of negative words | 第18-20页 |
| ·Association patterns between little / small and negative sentences | 第20-23页 |
| ·Some or all synonymous adjectives have negative affixes | 第23-30页 |
| ·Synonymous adjectives: displeased versus unhappy | 第23-30页 |
| ·Characteristics of negative affixes | 第23-25页 |
| ·Association patterns between negative sentences and synonymous adjectives among which some or all adjective(s) contain(s) negative affixes | 第25-30页 |
| A. Synonymous adjectives with negative affixes | 第25-29页 |
| B. Synonymous adjectives without negative affixes | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two Association patterns between synonymous verbs and negative sentences | 第30-51页 |
| ·Synonymous verbs: think versus consider | 第30-44页 |
| ·Explorations in the spoken corpus | 第30-39页 |
| ·Differences between think and consider in speech | 第30-34页 |
| ·Comparison of the different inflectional variants of think and consider in speech | 第34-37页 |
| ·Association patterns between think / consider and negative sentences in speech | 第37-39页 |
| ·Explorations in the written corpus | 第39-44页 |
| ·Differences between think and consider in writing | 第39-40页 |
| ·Comparison of the different inflectional variants of think and consider in writing | 第40-42页 |
| ·Association patterns between think / consider and negative sentences in writing | 第42-44页 |
| ·Synonymous verbs: begin versus start | 第44-51页 |
| ·Explorations in the written corpus | 第44页 |
| ·Explorations in the spoken corpus | 第44-51页 |
| ·Differences in the association patterns between begin / start and negative sentences in speech | 第44-46页 |
| ·Differences between begin and start and their influence on the verbs' association patterns with negative sentences | 第46-49页 |
| ·" Polar" phenomenon of start in association with negative sentences | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Three Association patterns between synonymous nouns and negative sentences | 第51-59页 |
| ·Explorations on a sentence level | 第51-54页 |
| ·Differences between error and mistake in association with negative sentences | 第51-53页 |
| ·Differences between error and mistake and their influence on the nouns' association with negative sentences | 第53-54页 |
| ·Explorations on a discourse level | 第54-59页 |
| Error versus mistake, association patterns with negative sentences, subject matter of a text | 第55-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
