| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第10-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Definition of Linking Adverbials | 第11页 |
| ·The Significance of Linking Adverbials in Written English | 第11-12页 |
| ·Problems in Learners’Use of Linking Adverbials | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-30页 |
| ·Classification of Linking Adverbials | 第17-25页 |
| ·Semantic Classifications | 第17-22页 |
| ·Functional Classifications | 第22-23页 |
| ·Linking Adverbials in the Present Study | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the linking adverbials in Written English | 第25-29页 |
| ·Research Questions in the Present Study | 第29-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CORPORA AND METHODOLOGY | 第30-41页 |
| ·Corpus-based Analysis and CIA | 第30-32页 |
| ·Corpora | 第32-36页 |
| ·Learner Corpus | 第32-33页 |
| ·Native Speaker Corpus | 第33-34页 |
| ·L1 Chinese Corpus | 第34-36页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Retrieving Tool | 第36页 |
| ·The Retrieval Procedure | 第36-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS | 第41-59页 |
| ·General Study of Linking Adverbials | 第41-49页 |
| ·Overall Frequency | 第42-43页 |
| ·Distribution of Semantic Types | 第43-45页 |
| ·Distribution of Functional Categories | 第45页 |
| ·Distribution of Positions | 第45-46页 |
| ·Relationship between Learners’Use of Linking Adverbials and Writing Quality | 第46-48页 |
| ·Some Possible Explanations for the General Findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Specific Study of Linking Adverbials | 第49-57页 |
| ·Top Ten Linking Adverbials in CLTST3 and NSC | 第50-51页 |
| ·Linking Adverbials Over-/underused by the Chinese EFL Learners | 第51-52页 |
| ·Top Fifteen Linking Adverbials in the Learners’Essays across Four Different Proficiency Levels | 第52-54页 |
| ·Possible Explanations for the Learners’Use of Individual Linking Adverbials | 第54-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS | 第59-64页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications of the Study | 第60-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第62-64页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第64-67页 |
