| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of Research | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Outline of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background and Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| 2.1 Interlanguage Theory | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition and Terms of Interlanguage | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.2 Property of Interlanguage | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.3 Fossilization of Interlanguage | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.4 Summary | 第20页 |
| 2.2 Focusing Adverbs: Conceptualization and Earlier Studies | 第20-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Focusing Adverbs: Conceptualization | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of FAs | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on Focusing Adverbs at Home | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.4 Studies on Focusing Adverbs Abroad | 第24-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第28-32页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Corpus Description and Instrument | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Corpus Description | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Instrument | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Corpus-Based Approach: Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (CIA) | 第30页 |
| 3.4 Research Design | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第32-64页 |
| 4.1 Frequency of FAs across WECCL and LOCNESS | 第32-44页 |
| 4.2 Discussion of the Frequency of FAs across WECCL and LOCNESS | 第44-49页 |
| 4.2.1 Discussion of the High Frequent FAs in Exclusives | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2.2 Discussion of the High Frequent FAs in Particularizers | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.3 Discussion of the High Frequent FAs in Additives | 第47-49页 |
| 4.3 Significance of FAs across WECCL and LOCNESS | 第49-51页 |
| 4.4 Acquisition Rules of Top Eight FAs in Chinese-English Interlanguage | 第51-64页 |
| 4.4.1 Analysis of Top Eight FAs from Position and Collocation in Sentences | 第51-61页 |
| 4.4.2 Acquisition Rules of Top Eight FAs in Chinese-English Interlanguage | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第65-66页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the Present Research and Suggestions for Future Research | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
