| 英文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第7-14页 |
| 1．1 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE STCW95 | 第7-8页 |
| 1．2 THE PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH | 第8-9页 |
| 1．3 MARINE ENGINEERING ENGLISH AS A REGISTER | 第9-11页 |
| 1．4 THE LAYOUT OF THIS THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| 1．5 SOFTWARE AND TEST USED | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES IN A SEMANTIC WAY | 第14-43页 |
| 2．1 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES | 第14-19页 |
| 2．2 THE MEANING OF THE POSITIVE-DEGREE FORM | 第19-22页 |
| 2．3 THE MEANING OF COMPARISON | 第22-24页 |
| 2．4 RELATIVITY OF COMPARATIVE-DEGREE FORM | 第24-27页 |
| 2．4．1 Form Relativity and Scale Relativity | 第25-27页 |
| 2．5 MEASURE FUNCTION OF RELATIVE ADJECTIVES | 第27-28页 |
| 2．6 GRADABILITY FOR COMPARISON | 第28-30页 |
| 2．7 PREMODIFICATION OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVE | 第30页 |
| 2．8 SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION OF SENTENCES WITH SUPERLATIVE-DEGREE FORMS USED IN THE RELATIVE SENSE | 第30-32页 |
| 2．9 SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION OF SENTENCES WITH SUPERLATIVE-DEGREE FORMS USED IN THE ABSOLUTE SENSE （‘MOST A' SUPERLATIVES） | 第32-33页 |
| 2．10 COMPARISON SENTENCES | 第33-43页 |
| 2．10．1 General Introduction | 第33页 |
| 2．10．2 Comparative Sentences of Linear Difference:'Aer than'Sentences | 第33-35页 |
| 2．10．3 Comparative Sentences of Linear Difference: 'Less A than' Sentences | 第35-37页 |
| 2．10．4 Superlative-degree Sentences: 'Aest' Sentences | 第37-38页 |
| 2．10．5 Comparative Sentences of Proportionality （'as A as'sentences） | 第38-41页 |
| 2．10．6 Pseudo-comparative Sentences | 第41-43页 |
| CHAPTER 3 CORPUS-BASED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES IN MEE | 第43-72页 |
| 3．1 DISTRIBUTION OF COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE DEGREES IN MEE | 第43-51页 |
| 3．2 WORD LENGTH OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS OF MEE | 第51-52页 |
| 3．3 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES OF IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES AcRoss THE SIX CORPORA | 第52-57页 |
| 3．4 DISTRIBUTION AND FREQUENCY OF FURTHER ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第57-58页 |
| 3．5 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES OF LESS ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第58-61页 |
| 3．6 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES OF LEAST ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第61-64页 |
| 3．7 DISTRIBUTION AND FREQUENCY OF BETTER ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第64-67页 |
| 3．8 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES OF BEST ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第67-68页 |
| 3．9 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FREQUENCIES OF AS．．． AS．．． CONSTRUCTIONS ACROSS THE SIX CORPORA | 第68-72页 |
| CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION | 第72-75页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第75-76页 |
| REFERENCE | 第76-78页 |
| APPENDIX | 第78-83页 |
