| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Objective of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-29页 |
| 2.1 Delexical Verb and Delexical Structure | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of Delexical Verb and Delexical Structure | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Characteristics of Delexical Verb and Delexical Structure | 第16页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Delexical Verbs | 第16-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on Delexical Verbs Abroad | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on Delexical Verbs at Home | 第19-22页 |
| 2.3 Corpus Linguistics | 第22-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Corpus and Corpus Linguistics | 第23页 |
| 2.3.2 Corpus-based Approach | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3.3 The Lexical Grammar and“3C2S”Modal | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.4 Definitions of Collocation, Colligation, Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第29-32页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Introduction to COCA | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Searching and Analytic Tool | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4 Research Procedures | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第32-77页 |
| 4.1 Overall Frequencies of Delexical Verbs in COCA | 第32-34页 |
| 4.2 The Colligations of Delexical Structures | 第34-43页 |
| 4.2.1 The Colligation of“V+N” | 第34-38页 |
| 4.2.2 The Colligation of“V+Adj” | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.3 The Colligation of“V+P+N”and“V+N+P” | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.4 The Colligation of“V+doing” | 第41-43页 |
| 4.3 The Collocations of Delexical Verbs | 第43-63页 |
| 4.3.1 The Collocations of“V+N”Colligation | 第43-54页 |
| 4.3.2 The Collocations of“V+Adj”Colligation | 第54-58页 |
| 4.3.3 The Collocations of“V+P+N”&“V+N+P”Colligation | 第58-61页 |
| 4.3.4 The Collocations of“V+doing”Colligation | 第61-63页 |
| 4.4 The Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody of Delexical Verbs | 第63-72页 |
| 4.4.1 The Semantic Preference of“Make” | 第64-65页 |
| 4.4.2 The Semantic Preference of“Have” | 第65-66页 |
| 4.4.3 The Semantic Preference of“Take” | 第66-68页 |
| 4.4.4 The Semantic Preference of“Give” | 第68-69页 |
| 4.4.5 The Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody of“Get” | 第69-70页 |
| 4.4.6 The Semantic Preference and Semantic Prosody of“Go” | 第70-72页 |
| 4.5 Different Use of Collocations of Delexical Verb Variants | 第72-77页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第77-82页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第77-78页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第78-80页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第80-82页 |
| References | 第82-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87页 |
