| 摘要 | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of this Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aims of the this Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO CORPORA | 第14-19页 |
| ·Definition of Corpora | 第14-15页 |
| ·Types of Corpora | 第15-16页 |
| ·Corpus Search and Retrieval Software | 第16页 |
| ·Concordances | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-30页 |
| ·Definition of Adverbial Connectors | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classification of Adverbial Connectors | 第20-25页 |
| ·Semantic Classifications | 第20-22页 |
| ·Functional Classifications | 第22-23页 |
| ·Designation of Adverbial Connectors in the Present Study | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Research on Adverbial Conncctors | 第25-28页 |
| ·Research Questions in the Present Study | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four METHODS AND PROCEDURES | 第30-38页 |
| ·The Methodology of Corpus-based Analysis and CIA | 第30-32页 |
| ·Compilation of Corpus | 第32-34页 |
| ·Identification of the Search Items | 第34-36页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Five RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第38-58页 |
| ·Results | 第38-45页 |
| ·Overall Frequencies of Adverbial Connectors | 第38页 |
| ·Frequency Distribution of Different Semantic Categories of Adverbial Connectors | 第38-39页 |
| ·Connectors Most Frequently Used by the Two Groups | 第39-40页 |
| ·Connectors Over-/Underused by Chinese Learners | 第40-45页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Discussion | 第45-58页 |
| ·Discussion of the Statistical Outcome in Table 5.1 | 第45页 |
| ·Discussion of the Statistical Outcome in Table 5.2 | 第45-46页 |
| ·Discussion of the Statistical Outcome in Table 5.3 | 第46-47页 |
| ·Discussion of the Connectors Over/underused by Chinese English Major Learners | 第47-58页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第58-63页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Research | 第58-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications of the Present Research | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research | 第61-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-68页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第68-69页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文情况 | 第69页 |
