| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Research Purpose and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of this Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-37页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Definitions and Terminologies | 第17-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Synonym | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Collocation and Colligation | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.3 Semantic Prosody | 第26-27页 |
| 2.3 Previous Semantic Studies on Synonym | 第27-29页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies on Synonym in Maritime Field | 第29-32页 |
| 2.4.1 An Overview of Maritime English | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4.2 Previous Related Studies on Synonym in Maritime Field | 第31-32页 |
| 2.5 Previous Corpus-based Lexical Studies on Synonym | 第32-37页 |
| 2.5.1 An Overview of Corpus Linguistics | 第32-34页 |
| 2.5.2 Corpus-based Studies on Synonym | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methods | 第37-48页 |
| 3.1 Corpora Used in this Study | 第37-41页 |
| 3.2 Procedures for Data Collection | 第41-46页 |
| 3.2.1 Research Objectives of this Study | 第41页 |
| 3.2.2 Instruments Used in this Study | 第41-45页 |
| 3.2.3 Methods of Data Collection | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3 Procedures for Data Analysis | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第48-76页 |
| 4.1 Frequency Distribution of Each Synonym in MEC and BNC | 第48-52页 |
| 4.2 Collocates and Collocations of Each Synonym | 第52-64页 |
| 4.2.1 General Description of the Collocates | 第52-56页 |
| 4.2.2 Analysis of Maritime | 第56-58页 |
| 4.2.3 Analysis of Marine | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.4 Analysis of Nautical | 第60-62页 |
| 4.2.5 Analysis of Navigational | 第62-63页 |
| 4.2.6 Analysis of Seafaring | 第63-64页 |
| 4.3 Colligation Patterns of Each Synonym | 第64-67页 |
| 4.4 Studies from Semantic Aspects | 第67-76页 |
| 4.4.1 Meanings of Each Synonym | 第67-71页 |
| 4.4.2 Semantic Prosody of Each Synonym in Two Corpora | 第71-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第76-77页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第77-78页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第78-79页 |
| References | 第79-84页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第84页 |
