| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| List of Figures and tables | 第10-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Background of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Review of Semantic Prosody | 第15-18页 |
| ·Definition of Semantic Prosody | 第15-17页 |
| ·Categories of Semantic Prosody | 第17-18页 |
| ·Review of some basic Terms | 第18-21页 |
| ·Synonymy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Collocation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Colligation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Interrelationship of Collocation, Colligation and Semantic Prosody | 第21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Semantic Prosody | 第21-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies abroad | 第21-23页 |
| ·Relevant Studies at home | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter3 Methodology | 第26-33页 |
| ·Data-based Approaches and Data-driven Approaches | 第26页 |
| ·The Selection of Items for Comparison | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Corpora and Analytic Tools | 第27-31页 |
| ·Corpora used in this Study | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Software used | 第28-31页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter4 Results and Discussion | 第33-57页 |
| ·Semantic prosody of HAPPEN, OCCUR and TAKE PLACE in the two corpora | 第33-48页 |
| ·Semantic prosody of HAPPEN | 第33-39页 |
| ·Semantic prosody of OCCUR | 第39-43页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of TAKE PLACE | 第43-46页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of HAPPEN, OCCUR and TAKE PLACE between Brown and CLEC | 第46-48页 |
| ·An Analysis of BRING ABOUT, LEAD TO and RESULT IN | 第48-55页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of BRING ABOUT | 第48-50页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of LEAD TO | 第50-51页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of RESULT IN | 第51-53页 |
| ·Contrast of their Semantic Prosodies between Brown and CLEC | 第53-55页 |
| ·Factors Affecting Learners' use of these Synonyms | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter5 Conclusions | 第57-62页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations and Recommendation for Future Studies | 第60-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62-75页 |
| References | 第75-79页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第79-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
