| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose and Research Questions | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 General Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical Framework of Linguistic Complexity | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Lexical Complexity | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.1.1 Definition of Lexical Complexity | 第18页 |
| 2.1.1.2 Measures of Lexical Complexity | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Syntactic Complexity | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2.1 Definition of Syntactic Complexity | 第21页 |
| 2.1.2.2 Measures of Syntactic Complexity | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Empirical Studies on Linguistic Complexity | 第23-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Empirical Studies on Lexical Complexity | 第23-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Empirical Studies on Syntactic Complexity | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第31-38页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第31页 |
| 3.2 Corpora Collection | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Chinese English-major Postgraduate Thesis Corpus | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.2 Native Speakers' Journal Article Corpus | 第33页 |
| 3.3 Manual Processing of the Corpora | 第33页 |
| 3.4 Softwares Applied | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5 Data Analysis | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第38-67页 |
| 4.1 Overall Description of Linguistic Complexity in Chinese | 第38-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Lexical Complexity in Chinese English-major Postgraduates' Theses | 第38-41页 |
| 4.1.1.1 Lexical Variation | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.1.2 Lexical Sophistication | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.1.3 Lexical Density | 第40-41页 |
| 4.1.2 Syntactic Complexity in Chinese English-major Postgraduates' Theses | 第41-49页 |
| 4.1.2.1 Unit Length | 第41-43页 |
| 4.1.2.2 Clausal Density | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.2.3 Independent Clauses | 第44-47页 |
| 4.1.2.4 Condensed Structures | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2 The Overall Description of Linguistic Complexity in Native Speakers' Journal Articles Corpus | 第49-55页 |
| 4.2.1 Lexical Complexity in Native Speakers' Journal Articles Corpus | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Lexical Variation | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.1.2 Lexical Sophistication | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.1.3 Lexical Density | 第51页 |
| 4.2.2 Syntactic Complexity in Native Speakers' Journal Article Corpus | 第51-55页 |
| 4.2.2.1 Unit Length | 第51-52页 |
| 4.2.2.2 Clausal Density | 第52-53页 |
| 4.2.2.3 Independent Clauses | 第53-54页 |
| 4.2.2.4 Condensed Structures | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3 The Difference of Linguistic Complexity in Chinese English-major Postgraduates' Theses and Native Speakers' Journal Articles | 第55-67页 |
| 4.3.1 The Difference of Lexical Complexity in Two Corpora | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3.2 Discussion on the Difference of Lexical Complexity in the Two Corpora | 第56-59页 |
| 4.3.3 The Difference of Syntactic Complexity in Two Corpora | 第59-67页 |
| 4.3.3.1 The Difference of Syntactic Complexity Measures | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3.3.2 The Difference of Sentence Types in Two Corpora | 第60-61页 |
| 4.3.3.3 Discussion on the Difference of Syntactic Complexity in Two Corpora | 第61-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第67-72页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第67-70页 |
| 5.1.1 Lexical Complexity of the Two Corpora | 第67-68页 |
| 5.1.2 Syntactic Complexity of the Two Corpora | 第68-70页 |
| 5.1.2.1 The Difference of Syntactic Complexity Measures in the Two Corpora | 第68-70页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第70-71页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第71-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-78页 |
| Publication While Registered with the MA Program | 第78页 |
