| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Paper | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Syntax | 第16页 |
| 2.2 Definition of Syntactic Complexity | 第16-18页 |
| 2.3 Measures of Syntactic Complexity | 第18-23页 |
| 2.3.1 Length-based Syntactic Measures | 第18-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Other Measures of Syntactic Complexity | 第21-23页 |
| 2.4 The Syntactic Complexity Measures Used in This Research | 第23-27页 |
| 2.4.1 Syntactic Complexity Measures Based on T-unit | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4.2 Syntactic Complexity Measures Based on Clause | 第26页 |
| 2.4.3 Syntactic Complexity Measures Based on Sentence | 第26-27页 |
| 2.5 Definition of Key Terms in the Applied Syntactic Complexity Measures | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第32-41页 |
| 3.1 Corpus-based Approach | 第32页 |
| 3.2 Introduction of the Corpora | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Introduction of NEC | 第33页 |
| 3.2.2 Introduction of LOB | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Tools Used for Data Processing | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.1 FoxPro | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3.2 SPSS | 第35页 |
| 3.3.3 Descriptive Statistics | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Procedures for Data Processing | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第41-74页 |
| 4.1 Length of Production Unit | 第41-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Length of Production Unit of S-NEC | 第41-43页 |
| 4.1.2 Length of Production Unit of S-LOB | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.3 Comparison of Syntactic Complexity from the Aspect of Length of Production Unit in S-NEC and S-LOB | 第44-46页 |
| 4.2 Sentence Complexity | 第46-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Sentence Complexity Ratio of S-NEC | 第46-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Sentence Complexity Ratio of S-LOB | 第47-49页 |
| 4.2.3 Comparison of Syntactic Complexity from the Aspect of Sentence Complexity in S-NEC and S-LOB | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3 Subordination | 第51-56页 |
| 4.3.1 Subordination in S-NEC | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Subordination in S-LOB | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.3 Comparison of Syntactic complexity from the Aspect of Subordination in S-NEC and S-LOB | 第55-56页 |
| 4.4 Coordination | 第56-62页 |
| 4.4.1 Coordination in S-NEC | 第58-59页 |
| 4.4.2 Coordination in S-LOB | 第59-61页 |
| 4.4.3 Comparison of Syntactic Complexity from the Aspect of Coordination in S-NEC and S-LOB | 第61-62页 |
| 4.5 Particular Structures | 第62-74页 |
| 4.5.1 Particular Structures in S-NEC | 第64-67页 |
| 4.5.2 Particular Structures in S-LOB | 第67-69页 |
| 4.5.3 Comparison of Syntactic Complexity from the Aspect of Particular Structures in S-NEC and S-LOB | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of this Study | 第74-76页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第76页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第76-78页 |
| Reference | 第78-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
| Resume | 第86页 |
