| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第9-17页 |
| 1 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-42页 |
| ·DEFINITION AND TERMINOLOGICAL ISSUES | 第18-26页 |
| ·A REVIEW OF PROPERTIES OF IDIOMS | 第26-30页 |
| ·CORPUS-BASED RESEARCH OF IDIOMS | 第30-32页 |
| ·THE NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第32-34页 |
| ·A NEW DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF “IDIOM” | 第34-42页 |
| 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第42-48页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第42页 |
| ·RESEARCH DESIGN | 第42-44页 |
| ·ANALYTICAL TOOL | 第44-45页 |
| ·CORPUS | 第45-48页 |
| 3 DATA ANALYSES AND RESULTS | 第48-80页 |
| ·ANALYSES OF LABELED IDIOMS IN “FRIENDS” | 第48-69页 |
| ·FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CLASSIFIED IDIOMS | 第69-80页 |
| 4 DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION | 第80-84页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第84-87页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第87-91页 |
| APPENDIX I PUBISHED PAPER DURING STUDY OF MA | 第91-92页 |
| APPENDIX II MOST FREQUENTLY USED IDIOMS ACROSS THREE CORPORA OF SPOKEN AMERICAN ENGLISH IN ORDER OF FREQUENCY (LIU, 2003) | 第92-94页 |
