| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第6-15页 |
| 1．1 AIM OF THE STUDY | 第6页 |
| 1．2 TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITION | 第6-8页 |
| 1．3 SIGNIFICANCE OF LEXICAL STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LEGAL DOCUMENTS | 第8页 |
| 1．4 PROBLEMS IN DETERMINING WORD MEANING | 第8-12页 |
| 1．5 MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES AND SOFTWARE | 第12-14页 |
| 1．5．1 Corpora | 第12页 |
| 1．5．2 Programming Languages and Software | 第12-13页 |
| 1．5．3 Techniques in the Lexical Study of Legal Terms | 第13-14页 |
| 1．6 LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER TWO AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY AND INTRODUCTION OF WORDS DENOTING LEGAL DOCUMENTS | 第15-44页 |
| 2．1A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY | 第15-32页 |
| 2．1．1 Origin and Historical Development of English Vocabulary | 第15-19页 |
| 2．1．2 Classification of English Vocabulary | 第19-22页 |
| 2．1．3 The Structure and Formation of English Words | 第22-24页 |
| 2．1．4 Study of Word Meaning | 第24-32页 |
| 2．2 WORDS DENOTING LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN MARITIME TREATY ENGLISH | 第32-44页 |
| 2．2．1 Stylistic Study of Legal Documents | 第32-35页 |
| 2．2．2 Introduction of Words Denoting Legal Documents | 第35-44页 |
| CHAPTER THREE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF LEGAL TERMS WITH HIGH FREQUENCIES | 第44-93页 |
| 3．1 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FREQUENCIES AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF LEGAL TERMS IN MTE AS COMPARED WITH THE OTHER FIVE CORPORA | 第44-56页 |
| 3．1．1 Distributions of words denoting legal documents in MTE, NEC, MEE, T4, BROWNA, and LOBA | 第44-48页 |
| 3．1．2 Analysis of Words with High Frequencies in MTE Denoting Legal Documents | 第48-56页 |
| 3．2 DETAILED STUDY OF WORDS DENOTiNG LEGAL DOCUMENTS WITH HIGH FREQUENCIES IN MTE | 第56-93页 |
| 3．2．1 Convention | 第57-59页 |
| 3．2．2 Regulation | 第59-62页 |
| 3．2．3 Protocol | 第62-65页 |
| 3．2．4 Rule | 第65-67页 |
| 3．2．5 Agreement | 第67-70页 |
| 3．2．6 Law | 第70-73页 |
| 3．2．7 Declaration | 第73-75页 |
| 3．2．8 Statute | 第75-77页 |
| 3．2．9 Treaty | 第77-79页 |
| 3．2．10 Code | 第79-81页 |
| 3．2．11 Resolution | 第81-84页 |
| 3．2．12 Measure | 第84-86页 |
| 3．2．13 Charter | 第86-88页 |
| 3．2．14 Act | 第88-90页 |
| 3．2．15 Decree | 第90-93页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第93-97页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第97-98页 |
| REFERENCES | 第98-100页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ SNOBOL PROGRAM SORTING OUT SENTENCES | 第100-101页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ FOXPRO PROGRAM BREAKING CORPUS SENTENCE | 第101-104页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ SAMPLE OF SENTENCES OBTAINING FROM MTE | 第104页 |
