| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Research aims and questions | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 The organization of the study | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第11-23页 |
| 2.1 Classifications of adverbs of certainty in grammars | 第11-13页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of adverbs of certainty in English | 第13-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Research methodology | 第23-28页 |
| 3.1 Corpus-based approach | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2 Contrastive analysis methodology | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Corpora and instruments used in the study | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter 4 The use of adverbs of certainty in LOB and CLEC | 第28-64页 |
| 4.1 The overall frequencies of adverbs of certainty | 第28-31页 |
| 4.2 A comparative analysis of specific adverbs of certainty | 第31-64页 |
| 4.2.1 A comparative analysis of certainly | 第31-44页 |
| 4.2.1.1 An analysis of certainly in LOB | 第31-36页 |
| 4.2.1.2 An analysis of certainly in CLEC | 第36-42页 |
| 4.2.1.3 Summing up | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2.2 A comparative analysis of obviously | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.2.1 An analysis of obviously in LOB | 第44-47页 |
| 4.2.2.2 An analysis of obviously in CLEC | 第47-50页 |
| 4.2.2.3 Summing up | 第50页 |
| 4.2.3 A comparative study of surely | 第50-64页 |
| 4.2.3.1 An analysis of surely in LOB | 第50-56页 |
| 4.2.3.2 An analysis of surely in CLEC | 第56-61页 |
| 4.2.3.3 Summing up | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions and implications | 第64-69页 |
| 5.1 Conclusions | 第64-67页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical significance | 第67-68页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第68-69页 |
| References | 第69-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-75页 |
