| 中文摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11页 |
| ·Purpose of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-31页 |
| ·Corpus Linguistics | 第14-25页 |
| ·Definition of Corpus Linguistics | 第14-16页 |
| ·Types of Corpus | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Application of Corpora in Language Teaching and Learning | 第20-25页 |
| ·Discourse Connectors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Definition of Discourse Connectors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Semantic Classifications | 第26页 |
| ·Previous Research on Discourse Connectors | 第26-31页 |
| ·Corpus-based Research on Discourse Connectors Abroad | 第27-28页 |
| ·Corpus-based Research on Discourse Connectors in China | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第31-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第31-32页 |
| ·Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods | 第32-33页 |
| ·Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis Approach | 第33-35页 |
| ·Selection of the Corpora | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Learner Corpus | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Native Speaker Corpus | 第36-37页 |
| ·Selection of the Connector List | 第37-39页 |
| ·Concord Tool | 第39-40页 |
| ·Calculation of the Connector Frequency | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Findings and Discussions | 第42-66页 |
| ·The Overall Frequency of Connectors | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Overall Frequency Comparison between High-Score Group (HSG) and Native Corpus (NC) | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Overall Frequency Comparison between Low-Score Group (LSG) and NC | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Frequency of Each Semantic Category | 第45-51页 |
| ·Each Semantic Category’s Frequency Comparison between HSG and NC | 第46-49页 |
| ·Each Semantic Category’s Frequency Comparison between LSG and NC | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Frequency of Individual Connectors | 第51-56页 |
| ·Comparison with the Previous Researches | 第56-61页 |
| ·Connectors Misused in Chinese Senior English Majors’ Writing | 第61-66页 |
| ·What’s/is more and Moreover | 第61-63页 |
| ·On the Contrary | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第66-68页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research and Future Research Direction | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-76页 |
| Appendix 1: Frequency of Individual Connectors | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix 2: On the Contrary Sampling Result in HSG and LSG | 第78-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80页 |
