| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Conceptions of Key Terms | 第17-20页 |
| ·Cohesion and Cohesive Devices | 第17-18页 |
| ·Register and Linking Adverbials | 第18-19页 |
| ·Linking Adverbials in the Present Study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classifications of Linking Adverbials | 第20-24页 |
| ·Semantic Classification | 第20-24页 |
| ·Functional Classification | 第24页 |
| ·Functions of Linking Adverbials | 第24-26页 |
| ·Metadiscourse Function | 第24-25页 |
| ·Pragmatic Function | 第25-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Linking Adverbials | 第26-33页 |
| ·Linking Adverbials used by Foreign EFL Learners | 第26-28页 |
| ·Linking Adverbials used by Chinese EFL Learners | 第28-30页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第33-45页 |
| ·Methodology | 第33-35页 |
| ·Corpus-based Analysis | 第33-34页 |
| ·Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis | 第34-35页 |
| ·Corpora | 第35-39页 |
| ·SWECCL | 第36-37页 |
| ·BNC | 第37-39页 |
| ·Classification of Linking Adverbials in the Present Study | 第39-40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40-42页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第45-69页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Linking Adverbials in Written English | 第45-55页 |
| ·Overall Frequencies of Linking Adverbials | 第45-48页 |
| ·Distribution of Semantic Types of Linking Adverbials | 第48-50页 |
| ·Ten Most Frequently Used Linking Adverbials in NNWC and NWC | 第50-52页 |
| ·Overuse and Underuse of Linking Adverbials in Written Corpora | 第52-54页 |
| ·Further Discussion of the Learners’ Use of Linking Adverbials | 第54-55页 |
| ·Characteristics of Linking Adverbials in Spoken English | 第55-65页 |
| ·Overall Frequencies of Linking Adverbials | 第56-57页 |
| ·Distribution of Semantic Types of Linking Adverbials | 第57-60页 |
| ·Ten Most Frequently Used Linking Adverbials in NNSC and NSC | 第60-61页 |
| ·Overuse and Underuse of Linking Adverbials in the Spoken Corpora | 第61-63页 |
| ·Case Study of the Learners’ Use of Linking Adverbials in Spoken English | 第63-65页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Differences in the Use of Linking Adverbials between Spoken and Written English | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-74页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第71-72页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第72-74页 |
| References | 第74-77页 |
