| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Figures | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Background to the present research | 第15-17页 |
| ·Topic of the present research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the research | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-37页 |
| ·Terminology and definition | 第21-24页 |
| ·The characters and functions of the formulaic sequences | 第24-28页 |
| ·Special characters of FSs | 第24-26页 |
| ·General functions about FSs | 第26-28页 |
| ·Spoken and written register | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous research on formulaic sequences | 第29-34页 |
| ·Studies of formulaic sequence abroad | 第30-31页 |
| ·Domestic studies on formulaic language | 第31-32页 |
| ·Corpus linguistics research methods: corpus-based andcorpus-driven approach | 第32-34页 |
| ·Overview of the present research | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第37-51页 |
| ·Research questions | 第37页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research procedure | 第38-46页 |
| ·Corpus used for the research and data preparation | 第39-40页 |
| ·Computer software and analysis tool | 第40-42页 |
| ·Identification of formulaic sequence | 第42-46页 |
| ·Procedure for data analysis | 第46-51页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第51-71页 |
| ·Target FSs in SWECCL | 第51页 |
| ·Structural features of FSs | 第51-60页 |
| ·FSs that incorporate verb phrase fragments | 第52-55页 |
| ·FSs that incorporate dependent clause fragments | 第55-57页 |
| ·FSs that incorporate noun phrase and prepositional phrase fragments.43 | 第57-59页 |
| ·Register variation in the structural features of FSs | 第59-60页 |
| ·Functional features of FSs | 第60-68页 |
| ·Stance FSs | 第61-64页 |
| ·Discourse organizing FSs | 第64-66页 |
| ·Referential FSs | 第66-68页 |
| ·Register variation in the functional exploitation of FSs | 第68页 |
| ·Features comparison of FSs between Chinese EFL and ENL learners | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·Major findings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of present research | 第72页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第72-75页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第75-81页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第81-83页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第83页 |
