| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research and Its Significance | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Main Structure of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Collocation | 第14-17页 |
| 2.2 Collocations and Other Multiword Units | 第17-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Collocations and Formulaic Sequences | 第18页 |
| 2.2.2 Collocations and Idioms | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.3 Collocations andColligation | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Types of Collocations | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.1 Grammatical Collocations and Lexical Collocations | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Free Collocations, Restricted Collocations and Idioms | 第21页 |
| 2.4 The Identification of Collocation in this Study | 第21-23页 |
| 2.5 Previous Studies on Collocation | 第23-28页 |
| 2.5.1 Studies on Collocation Abroad | 第23-25页 |
| 2.5.2 Studies on Collocation in China | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第28-34页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Data Source and Research Approach | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.2 Chinese Learners English Corpus (CLEC) | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Corpus-based Approach | 第30页 |
| 3.3 Research Procedure | 第30-34页 |
| 3.3.1 Data Collection from COCA | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.2 Data Collection from CLEC | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion | 第34-54页 |
| 4.1 Analyses of Verb-noun Collocation of "Accept" | 第34-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Frequency of "Accept" in COCA | 第34-37页 |
| 4.1.2 Frequency of "Accept" in CLEC | 第37-39页 |
| 4.1.3 Frequency Differences between COCA and CLEC | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2 Analyses of Verb-noun Collocation of "Receive" | 第42-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Frequency of "Receive" in COCA | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Frequency of "Receive" in CLEC | 第45-48页 |
| 4.2.3 Frequency Differences between COCA and CLEC | 第48-50页 |
| 4.3 Causes of the Differences | 第50-51页 |
| 4.4 Implication for Teaching and Learning | 第51-54页 |
| 4.4.1 Raising the Learner's Collocation Awareness | 第51-52页 |
| 4.4.2 Enhancing Collocation Input in Teaching | 第52页 |
| 4.4.3 Establishing Corpus-driven Learning Model | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第54-56页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| Works Cited | 第57-61页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第61页 |