| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Contents | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| ·Origin of the Idea | 第16-17页 |
| ·Method of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Structure of This Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-38页 |
| ·Speech Production Models | 第19-22页 |
| ·Fluency | 第22-31页 |
| ·Origin of the Term Fluency | 第22-23页 |
| ·Influential Definitions of Fluency | 第23-25页 |
| ·Leeson’s Definition of Fluency | 第23页 |
| ·Fillmore’s Definition of Fluency | 第23-24页 |
| ·Lennon’s Definition of Fluency | 第24-25页 |
| ·Some other Definitions of Fluency | 第25页 |
| ·Different Approaches to the Study of Fluency | 第25-26页 |
| ·Factors Influencing Oral Fluency | 第26-28页 |
| ·Inner Factors | 第26-28页 |
| ·Environment Features | 第28页 |
| ·Previous Studies Measuring Oral Fluency | 第28-31页 |
| ·Lexical Phrases | 第31-37页 |
| ·Formulaic Nature of Language | 第31-33页 |
| ·Influential Definitions of Lexical Phrases | 第33-34页 |
| ·Working Definition of the Present Study | 第34页 |
| ·Classification of Lexical Phrases | 第34-36页 |
| ·Functions of Lexical Phrases | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第38-53页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Preparation | 第39-45页 |
| ·Experiment | 第39-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39-40页 |
| ·Controlled Factors in the Present Study | 第40页 |
| ·Task | 第40-42页 |
| ·Setting | 第42页 |
| ·Measurement of Oral Fluency in the Present Study | 第42-44页 |
| ·Coding of Target Forms | 第44页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data Analyses | 第45-51页 |
| ·Analyzing the Questionnaire | 第45-48页 |
| ·Measures of Fluency | 第48-51页 |
| ·Independent Variables | 第48-50页 |
| ·Dependent Variables | 第50-51页 |
| ·Identifying and Categorizing Lexical Phrases | 第51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第53-75页 |
| ·General Characteristics of Fluency | 第53-66页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for SR | 第53-54页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for PTR | 第54-55页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for AR | 第55-58页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for MLR | 第58-59页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for ALP | 第59-60页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for ALA | 第60-61页 |
| ·Descriptive Analyses for R100 and RPL | 第61-63页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis for TZ | 第63-66页 |
| ·Relationship between Frequency of Lexical Phrases and Fluency | 第66-72页 |
| ·Correlations between TZ and FLP100 | 第66-67页 |
| ·Correlations among R100, RPL and FLP100 | 第67-68页 |
| ·Correlations among FLP100 and Temporal Indices | 第68-72页 |
| ·Relationship between Personal Factors and Fluency | 第72-73页 |
| ·Relationship between Awareness and Frequency | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-76页 |
| ·Major Findings about the Subjects’Oral Fluency | 第75-76页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Relationship between Fluency and Frequency | 第76页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Relationship between Fluency and Personal Factors | 第76页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Relationship between Awareness and Frequency | 第76页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations | 第77-78页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-86页 |
| Appendix 1 Pictures Used in the Experiment | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionnaire | 第87-89页 |
| Appendix 3 Scores of Personal Factors | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix 4 Scores of Self Evaluation | 第90-91页 |
| Appendix 5 Scores of Awareness of Lexical Phrases | 第91-92页 |
| Appendix 6 Values of Independent Variables | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix 7 Values of Dependent Variables | 第93页 |
