| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-14页 |
| 1. I ntroduction | 第14-18页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research purpose and significance | 第15页 |
| 1.3 The organiz ati on of the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 The definition and classification of semantic prosody | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on semantic pros ody at home | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on semantic pros ody abroad | 第23-26页 |
| 3. Research Methodology | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1 Research questi ons | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Research s ubjects | 第27页 |
| 3.3 Research tools | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3.1 TextEditor V3.1 | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3.2 Corpus Cloud | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4 The two corpora | 第29-32页 |
| 3.4.1 The Self-built Corpus | 第29-30页 |
| 3.4.2 Brow n Corpus | 第30-32页 |
| 4. Data Analysis and Discu ssion | 第32-80页 |
| 4.1 The high-frequency words and the node words | 第32-34页 |
| 4.2 The semantic prosody of high-frequency words in the two corpora | 第34-71页 |
| 4.2.1 The semantic prosody of high-frequency adjectives in the two corpora | 第34-43页 |
| 4.2.2 The semantic prosody of high-frequency verbs in the two corpora | 第43-58页 |
| 4.2.3 The semantic prosody of high-frequency nouns in the two corpora | 第58-64页 |
| 4.2.4 The semantic prosody of high-frequency adverbs in the two corpora | 第64-71页 |
| 4.3 The simi larities and differences of the semantic prosody in the two corpora | 第71-76页 |
| 4.3.1 The simi larities and differences of the semanti cprosody for high-frequency adjectives in the two corpora | 第71-72页 |
| 4.3.2 The similarit ies and difference s of the semantic prosody for high-frequencyverbs in the two corpora | 第72-74页 |
| 4.3.3 The similarities and differences of the semantic prosody for high-frequencynouns in the two corpora | 第74页 |
| 4.3.4 The similarities and differences of the semantic prosody for high-frequencyadverbs in the two corpora | 第74-76页 |
| 4.4 The problems and reasons of the semantic prosody in the two corpora | 第76-80页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| 5.1 Major resea rch findings | 第80-81页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggest ions | 第81-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-90页 |
| Publications | 第90页 |
