| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions of the Present Study | 第14页 |
| 1.5 Organization of This Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| 2.1 Lexical Cohesion | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Lexical Cohesion | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of Lexical Cohesion | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 General Nouns | 第19-29页 |
| 2.2.1 The Definition of General Noun | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Research on General Nouns abroad | 第20-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Research on General Nouns at home | 第24-29页 |
| 2.3 Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics | 第29-31页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Discourse Analysis | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.2 Corpus Linguistics | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Fairy Tales and Grimm’s Fairy Tales | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第32-38页 |
| 3.1 Instruments | 第32页 |
| 3.2 Research procedures | 第32-38页 |
| 3.2.1 Data collection | 第33页 |
| 3.2.2 Coding and Tagging of General nouns | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.3 Searching for General nouns | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.4 Calculating the Frequency of General nouns | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-64页 |
| 4.1 Distribution and Discussion of Human Animate Nouns | 第39-44页 |
| 4.1.1 Presentation and Statistical Results | 第39-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Examples and Discussion of Human Animate Nouns | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 Distribution and Discussion of Non-human Animate Nouns | 第44-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Presentation of Statistical Results | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Examples and Discussion of Non-human Animate Nouns | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 Distribution and Discussion of Inanimate Concrete Nouns | 第48-51页 |
| 4.3.1 Presentation of Statistical Results | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3.2 Examples and Discussion of Inanimate Concrete Nouns | 第50-51页 |
| 4.4 Distribution and Discussion of Inanimate Abstract Noun | 第51-53页 |
| 4.4.1 Presentation of Statistical Results | 第51-52页 |
| 4.4.2 Examples and Discussion of Inanimate Abstract Noun | 第52-53页 |
| 4.5 Distribution and Discussion of Action Nouns | 第53-54页 |
| 4.6 Distribution and Discussion of Fact Nouns | 第54-55页 |
| 4.7 Distribution and Discussion of Place Nouns | 第55-58页 |
| 4.7.1 Presentation of Statistical Results | 第55-56页 |
| 4.7.2 Examples and Discussion of Place Nouns | 第56-58页 |
| 4.8 The Discussion of General Nouns as Discourse Organizers | 第58-60页 |
| 4.9 Characteristics of General nouns in Grimm’s Fairy Tales | 第60-64页 |
| 4.9.1 Reference | 第60-61页 |
| 4.9.2 High Generalization | 第61-62页 |
| 4.9.3 Low Accessibility | 第62页 |
| 4.9.4 Unequivalence | 第62-63页 |
| 4.9.5 Openness | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-70页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第64-68页 |
| 5.1.1 Distribution of General nouns in Grimm’s Fairy Tales | 第64-66页 |
| 5.1.2 Characteristics of General nouns in Grimm’s Fairy Tales | 第66-67页 |
| 5.1.3 General nouns as discourse organizers | 第67-68页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Study | 第68页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the Thesis and Suggestions for the Future Study | 第68-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-81页 |
