| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter 0 INTRODUCTION | 第15-18页 |
| 0.1 Background of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| 0.2 Research Purpose | 第16页 |
| 0.3 Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| 0.4 Organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 1 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-27页 |
| 1.1 Synonymy | 第18-20页 |
| 1.1.1 The notion of synonymy | 第18-20页 |
| 1.1.2 Types of synonymy | 第20页 |
| 1.2 Corpus methodology for the study of semantic prosody | 第20-25页 |
| 1.2.1 A review of previous approaches to semantic prosody | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2.2 Collocation, semantic preference and semantic prosody | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3 Contrastive lexical studies in corpus linguistics | 第25-26页 |
| Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY | 第27-32页 |
| 2.1 The theoretical foundation of the study | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 The corpora and analytic tools | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 The selection of near synonyms | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4 Frequency, collocation and concordances | 第30-31页 |
| Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 3 RESEMBLANCE IN SEMANTIC PROSODIES OF NEAR SYNONYMS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第32-62页 |
| 3.1 Collocational profile and semantic prosodies of English near synonyms | 第32-46页 |
| 3.1.1 The semantic pair of DISPLAY and EXHIBIT | 第33-38页 |
| 3.1.2 The semantic pair of FACE and CONFRONT | 第38-46页 |
| 3.2 Collocational profile and semantic prosodies of Chinese near synonyms | 第46-59页 |
| 3.2.1 The semantic pair of 展现and 展示 | 第46-52页 |
| 3.2.2 The semantic pair of面对and 面临 | 第52-59页 |
| 3.3 Comparison and contrast between English and Chinese synonymous pairs | 第59-61页 |
| Summary | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter 4 DIVERGENCE IN SEMANTIC PROSODIES OF NEAR SYNONYMS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第62-83页 |
| 4.1 Collocational profile and semantic prosodies of English synonymous pairs | 第62-69页 |
| 4.1.1 The semantic pair of MEET and ENCOUNTER | 第62-66页 |
| 4.1.2 The semantic pair of REVEAL and DISCLOSE | 第66-69页 |
| 4.2 Collocational profile and semantic prosodies of Chinese synonymous pairs | 第69-81页 |
| 4.2.1 The semantic pair of 遇到and 遭到 | 第70-75页 |
| 4.2.2 The semantic pair of 暴露and 揭露 | 第75-81页 |
| 4.3 Comparison and contrast between English and Chinese | 第81-82页 |
| Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter 5 EXPLOITATIONS OF SEMANTIC PROSODY | 第83-87页 |
| 5.1 Semantic prosody and communicative effects | 第83-84页 |
| 5.2 Communicative effects achieved by means of semantic prosodies | 第84-86页 |
| 5.2.1 Enlightening | 第84-85页 |
| 5.2.2 Persuading | 第85页 |
| 5.2.3 Convincing | 第85-86页 |
| 5.2.4 Irony | 第86页 |
| Summary | 第86-87页 |
| Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS | 第87-94页 |
| 6.1 Findings of the present study | 第87-91页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the present study | 第91-93页 |
| 6.3 Recommendation for future studies | 第93-94页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第94-99页 |
