| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-33页 |
| ·Quantitative Linguistics | 第15-21页 |
| ·Definition | 第15-17页 |
| ·Comparison with Corpus Linguistics and Computational Linguistics | 第17-18页 |
| ·Several Distinguished Laws | 第18-19页 |
| ·Syntactical Quantitative Studies and Research Method | 第19-21页 |
| ·Differences Between Spoken and Written Language | 第21-26页 |
| ·Differences in Form | 第21-23页 |
| ·Differences in Vocabulary | 第23-24页 |
| ·Differences in Syntax | 第24-26页 |
| ·Syntactic Functions of Phrases | 第26-30页 |
| ·Definition of Syntactic Functions | 第26-28页 |
| ·Quirk's View on Subject | 第28-30页 |
| ·Other Relevant Studies | 第30-33页 |
| ·Studies on Length and Complexity | 第30-31页 |
| ·Studies on Subjectival Position | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第33-39页 |
| ·Corpus-based Study | 第33-34页 |
| ·Corpus Used in the Study | 第34-36页 |
| ·Introduction to ICE-GB | 第34-35页 |
| ·Introduction to ICE-GBS | 第35-36页 |
| ·Tools for Data Processing | 第36-38页 |
| ·Procedure for Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第39-63页 |
| ·Syntactic Structures and Complexity in ICE-GBS | 第39-49页 |
| ·Number and Distribution of Variations | 第39-41页 |
| ·Distribution of Syntactic Complexity | 第41-43页 |
| ·Relationship Between Complexity and Frequency of Sentences | 第43-44页 |
| ·Relationship Between Complexity and Structural Variations | 第44-47页 |
| ·Comparison Between Results of ICE-GBS and ICE-GBW | 第47-49页 |
| ·Subjectival Positions and the Distribution | 第49-55页 |
| ·Number of Subjectival Positions and Distribution | 第49-51页 |
| ·Relationship Between Subjectival Position and Structural Variations | 第51-54页 |
| ·Comparison Between Results of ICE-GBS and ICE-GBW | 第54-55页 |
| ·Complexity on Different Subjectival Positions and the Relationship | 第55-63页 |
| ·Distribution of PSFEs with Different Subjectival Positions | 第55-56页 |
| ·Distribution of Complexity with Subjectival Position | 第56-58页 |
| ·Relationship Between Syntactic Complexity and Subjectival Position | 第58-61页 |
| ·Comparison Between Results of ICE-GBS and ICE-GBW | 第61-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第63-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| Resume | 第73页 |
