| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 内容提要 | 第8-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Table of Contents | 第11-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks | 第16-17页 |
| ·Background to the Research | 第17-21页 |
| ·Significance and Objectives of the Research | 第21-23页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第24-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24-25页 |
| ·Formulaic Language and Language Acquisition | 第25-43页 |
| ·Terminology | 第25-28页 |
| ·Classification of formulaic language | 第28-31页 |
| ·Formulaic Language and Psychological Processing | 第31-33页 |
| ·Formulaic Language and Corpus Linguistics | 第33-35页 |
| ·Cognitive Understanding of Formulaic Language | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Acquisition of Formulaic Language: teaching and learning | 第37-43页 |
| ·Linguistic Creativity | 第43-57页 |
| ·Classification of Linguistic Creativity | 第43-51页 |
| ·Cognitive Understanding of Linguistic Creativity | 第51-52页 |
| ·Linguistic Creativity in Everyday Context | 第52-54页 |
| ·Linguistic Creativity in Target Language Learning | 第54-57页 |
| Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Three Interface Between Formulaic Language and Linguistic Creativity in Second Acquisition | 第58-80页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Various Related Dichotomies on Language Use | 第58-73页 |
| ·Systematic or Formulaic | 第59-61页 |
| ·Rule-based or Exemplar-based | 第61-63页 |
| ·Open-choice Principle and Idiom Principle | 第63-65页 |
| ·Nativelike Selection and Nativelike Fluency | 第65-66页 |
| ·Holistic and Analytic Processing | 第66-68页 |
| ·Continuum Model | 第68-70页 |
| ·Routines and Patterns | 第70-73页 |
| ·Linguistic Creativity, Formulaic Language and Second Language Acquisition | 第73-79页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis, Error Analysis and Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis | 第73-76页 |
| ·Transfer, Formulaic Language and Linguistic Creativity | 第76-79页 |
| Summary | 第79-80页 |
| Chapter Four A Pilot Study on Features of Formulaic Language and Linguistic Creativity of EFL Learners in Retelling | 第80-97页 |
| ·Introduction | 第80页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第80-81页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第81-84页 |
| ·Description of the data collected | 第81-82页 |
| ·Instruments | 第82-83页 |
| ·Interview | 第83-84页 |
| ·Criterion for the Identification of Formulaic Sequences | 第84页 |
| ·Results | 第84-94页 |
| ·Text Readability Analysis | 第84-88页 |
| ·Manifestation of the Use of Formulaic Language in Learner’s Oral Production | 第88-90页 |
| ·Features of Linguistic Creativity in Learner’s Retelling | 第90-91页 |
| ·Learners Comments on Their Own Performance | 第91-94页 |
| ·Discussion | 第94-96页 |
| Summary | 第96-97页 |
| Chapter Five Research Design | 第97-113页 |
| ·Introduction | 第97页 |
| ·Issues to be addressed | 第97-98页 |
| ·Hypothesis and Research Question | 第98-99页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第98-99页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第99页 |
| ·Methodology | 第99-102页 |
| ·Scheme of the Research | 第100页 |
| ·Criteria for the identification and classification of Lexical Chunks | 第100-101页 |
| ·Sample Analysis and Verb Combination Study | 第101页 |
| ·Questionnaire Survey | 第101-102页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第102-105页 |
| ·Subjects Defined | 第103页 |
| ·Establishing Learner Written Corpora | 第103-105页 |
| ·Software and Statistical Tools | 第105-112页 |
| ·Tools for Analyzing the Learner Corpora | 第105-111页 |
| ·Statistical Tools | 第111页 |
| ·Data Analysis Framework | 第111-112页 |
| Summary | 第112-113页 |
| Chapter Six Features of Learners’Use of Formulaic Language and Linguistic Creativity in Written Production | 第113-172页 |
| ·Introduction | 第113-114页 |
| ·Comparison of Two Types of Learners’Written Texts in Terms of Readability | 第114-119页 |
| ·Reading Ease and Text Difficulty | 第114-115页 |
| ·Comparison of the Number of Sentences, ASL, AWL and Token Ratio | 第115-119页 |
| ·The Use of Formulaic Sequences by Chinese EFL Learners | 第119-131页 |
| ·The Extraction of Formulaic Sequences | 第119-122页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of the Formulaic Language in Learners’Written Corpora | 第122-126页 |
| ·Functions of FL Used in Learners’Language | 第126-129页 |
| ·Discussion on the Features of Learners’Use of Formulaic Language in Writte Corpora | 第129-131页 |
| ·Manifestation of Features of Learners’Linguistic Creativity | 第131-163页 |
| ·Creativity Redefined | 第132-134页 |
| ·Sample Analysis of Learners’Written Language | 第134-141页 |
| ·A Case Study: Learners’Linguistic Creativity as Demonstrated by “Verb Noun” Combinations | 第141-155页 |
| ·Comparison of Native and Non-native Judgment of Learner Language | 第155-163页 |
| ·Attainment of a Balance between Learners Use of Formulaic Language and Linguist Creativity | 第163-170页 |
| ·In Foreign Language Teaching and Learning | 第164-169页 |
| ·Linguistic Creativity or Chinese English | 第169-170页 |
| Summary | 第170-172页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion and Implications | 第172-182页 |
| ·Introduction | 第172页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第172-175页 |
| ·Implications | 第175-179页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第175-176页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第176-179页 |
| ·Limitation of the Research | 第179-180页 |
| ·Recommendations for Further Research | 第180-182页 |
| References | 第182-194页 |
| Appendix I | 第194-195页 |
| Appendix II | 第195-198页 |
| Appendix III | 第198-200页 |
