| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| 内容提要 | 第4-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 The Need for the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.1 The Research on Lexical Phrase | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.2 The Problem Needing to be Solved | 第12页 |
| 1.2 The General Content of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Design of the Dissertation | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS | 第15-35页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Discourse | 第15页 |
| 2.2 Spoken Discourse | 第15-19页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Spoken Discourse | 第15页 |
| 2.2.2 Categories of Spoken Discourse | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2.3 Features of Spoken Discourse | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.3.1 Formulaic Feature of Spoken Discourse | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.3.2 Cohesion in Spoken Discourse | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.3.2.1 Definition of Cohesion | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.3.2.2 An Essential Way to Establish Cohesion in Discourse | 第18页 |
| 2.2.3.3 Redundant Information in Spoken Discourse | 第18-19页 |
| 2.3 Lexical Phrase | 第19-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Lexical Phrase | 第19页 |
| 2.3.2 Categories of Lexical Phrases | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3.2.1 Michael Lewis' Categories of Lexical Items | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3.2.2 Nattinger and DeCarrico's Categories of Lexical Phrases | 第20-22页 |
| 2.3.3 Characteristics of Lexical Phrases and Their Relation with Spoken Discourse | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3.3.1 Characteristics of Lexical Phrase | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3.3.2 The Relation between Lexical Phrases and Spoken Discourse | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3.3.2.1 The Pervasiveness of Lexical Phrases in Spoken Discourse | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.3.2.2 Lexical Phrases as Discourse Devices contributing to the Cohesion of Spoken Discourse | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 The Recognition of Lexical Phrases in Spoken Discourse and Listening Comprehension | 第26-35页 |
| 2.4.1 Listening Comprehension | 第26-30页 |
| 2.4.1.1 The Importance of Listening | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4.1.2 Psychological Processing of Listening | 第27-28页 |
| 2.4.1.3 General Characteristics of Listening Comprehension | 第28-29页 |
| 2.4.1.4 Factors Affecting Listening Comprehension Efficiency | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4.1.4.1 General Factors | 第29页 |
| 2.4.1.4.2 Discourse Factors | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4.2 Taking Advantage of Lexical Phrases in Spoken Discourse to Facilitate Listening Comprehension | 第30-35页 |
| 2.4.2.1 Saving Limited Processing Capacity by Quickly Identifying the Lexical Phrases as Unanalyzed Units in the Speech Stream | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4.2.2 Using Variable Lexical Phrases to Predict | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4.2.3 The Recognition of Lexical Phrases as Discourse Devices Facilitating Listening Comprehension | 第32-34页 |
| 2.4.2.3.1 Top-down Processing and Bottom-up Processing | 第32页 |
| 2.4.2.3.2 Lexical Phrases as Micro-organizers Facilitating Bottom-up Processing | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4.2.3.3 Lexical Phrases as Macro-organizers Facilitating Top-down Processing | 第33-34页 |
| 2.4.2.4 Summary | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE EXPERIMENT OF THE EFFECT OF LEXICAL PHRASES ON MINI-LECTURE COMPREHENSION | 第35-48页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2 Material and Designs | 第36-40页 |
| 3.3 Procedures | 第40页 |
| 3.4 Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| 3.5 Results and Analysis | 第41-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PEDAGOGICAL SUGGESTIONS | 第48-55页 |
| 4.1 Raising Learners' Awareness of the Importance of Lexical Phrases | 第48-49页 |
| 4.2 Helping Students Accumulate the Lexical Phrases | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.1 The Importance of Accumulating the Lexical Phrases | 第49页 |
| 4.2.2 Effective Presentation | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Cultivating Students' Self-accumulating Ability | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 Speeding up Students' Automatization of Lexical Phrases in the Spoken Discourse | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3.1 The Importance of Automatization | 第51页 |
| 4.3.2 Speeding up Automatization by Practice | 第51-54页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第54-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS | 第55-58页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and Recommendations | 第57-58页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第58-63页 |
| Appendix A Transcript(TEN-8,1996) | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix B Text Paper in Section D of Listening Comprehension (TEM-8,1996) | 第65页 |
