| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Approach of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-31页 |
| ·Theoretical Overview of Causal Adverbial Clauses in English | 第17-20页 |
| ·Research on the Ordering of Causal Adverbial Clauses across Language abroad | 第20-23页 |
| ·Studies on the Ordering Distribution of Adverbial Clauses | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies on the Position of Causal Adverbial Clauses | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research on the Ordering of Causal Adverbial Clauses at home | 第23-25页 |
| ·Research on the Factors Determining the Ordering of Causal Adverbial Clauses | 第25-30页 |
| ·Parsing Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Discourse Pragmatic Force | 第27-28页 |
| ·Semantic Force | 第28页 |
| ·Given-New Principle | 第28-29页 |
| ·Direct Factors Determining the Ordering Distribution of Causal Adverbial Clauses | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methods | 第31-38页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31-32页 |
| ·Corpus-based Studies | 第32-35页 |
| ·Method for Corpus-based Study | 第32页 |
| ·The Integrated Analysis Model of CA and CIA | 第32-33页 |
| ·Introduction to the Corpora Used in this Research | 第33-35页 |
| ·Variables of the Study | 第35页 |
| ·Selection of Causal Subordinators | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第38-61页 |
| ·Results Analysis | 第38-50页 |
| ·English Corpus Data Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| ·CLEC Data Analysis | 第40-48页 |
| ·Chinese Corpus Data Analysis | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50页 |
| ·Sample Analysis | 第50-58页 |
| ·Based on Parsing | 第51-53页 |
| ·Based on Discourse Pragmatic Force | 第53-55页 |
| ·Based on Given-New Principle | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| ·Results Discussion | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·The Major Conclusions | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Implications for Language Teaching, Learning and Translation | 第62-64页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第64-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-69页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第69-70页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第70页 |
