| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Research significance | 第12-14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of this thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| 2.1 Collocation | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Collocation | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Classifications of Collocation | 第16页 |
| 2.2 Colligation | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of Colligation | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.2 Classifications of Colligation | 第17页 |
| 2.3 Near-synonym | 第17-19页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of synonymy | 第17-18页 |
| 2.3.2 Categories of synonymy | 第18-19页 |
| 2.4 Semantic Prosody | 第19-24页 |
| 2.4.1 Definition of Semantic Prosody | 第19页 |
| 2.4.2 Classifications of Semantic Prosody | 第19-20页 |
| 2.4.3 Previous researches on semantic prosody both at home and abroad | 第20-24页 |
| 2.4.3.1 The study of semantic prosody abroad | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4.3.2 The study of semantic prosody in China | 第22-24页 |
| 2.5 Research questions | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第25-28页 |
| 3.1 Research instruments | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.1 Two Contrastive Corpora | 第25-26页 |
| 3.1.1.1 CLEC | 第25页 |
| 3.1.1.2 COCA | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Near-synonyms chosen in this research | 第26页 |
| 3.3 Procedures of data analysis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第28-60页 |
| 4.1 Semantic prosody of rather | 第28-37页 |
| 4.1.1 Semantic prosody of rather in CLEC | 第28-32页 |
| 4.1.2 Semantic prosody of rather in COCA | 第32-35页 |
| 4.1.3 The comparison of rather between CLEC and COCA | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Semantic prosody of quite | 第37-44页 |
| 4.2.1 Semantic prosody of quite CLEC | 第37-40页 |
| 4.2.2 Semantic prosody of quite in COCA | 第40-43页 |
| 4.2.3 The comparison of quite between CLEC and COCA | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3 Semantic prosody of fairly | 第44-50页 |
| 4.3.1 Semantic prosody of fairly in CLEC | 第44-46页 |
| 4.3.2 Semantic prosody of fairly in COCA | 第46-49页 |
| 4.3.3 The comparison of fairly between CLEC and COCA | 第49-50页 |
| 4.4 Semantic prosody of very | 第50-57页 |
| 4.4.1 Semantic prosody of very in CLEC | 第50-53页 |
| 4.4.2 Semantic prosody of very in COCA | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4.3 The comparison of very between CLEC and COCA | 第55-57页 |
| 4.5 The contrastive study of semantic prosody of rather,quite,fairly and very in CLEC and COCA | 第57-58页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-65页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the present study | 第60-63页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the present study | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-83页 |
| Articles Published during MA Study | 第83页 |
