| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1 The Definition and Classification of Intensifiers | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2 Approaches to Researching Intensifiers | 第17-21页 |
| 2.2.1 The semantic approach | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 The grammatical approach | 第18页 |
| 2.2.3 The pragmatic approach | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.4 The sociolinguistic approach | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Researches on Intensifiers in SLA | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第23-29页 |
| 3.1 Semantic Prosody | 第23-25页 |
| 3.1.1 The definition of semantic prosody | 第23-24页 |
| 3.1.2 Categories of semantic prosody | 第24页 |
| 3.1.3 Functions of semantic prosody | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Gender Difference in SLA | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2.1 Gender differences in neural mechanisms | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2.2 Gender differences in style of foreign language learning | 第26页 |
| 3.2.3 Gender differences in strategy of foreign language learning | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第29-33页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第29页 |
| 4.2 Corpora and Instruments Used in the Present Study | 第29-31页 |
| 4.3 Design of Questionnaire and Interview | 第31-32页 |
| 4.4 Research Procedure | 第32页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of English Intensifiers in SECCL | 第33-48页 |
| 5.1 Overall Frequency Analysis of Intensifiers in SECCL | 第33-36页 |
| 5.1.1 The frequency of amplifiers between males and females in SECCL | 第34-35页 |
| 5.1.2 The frequency of downtoners between males and females in SECCL | 第35-36页 |
| 5.2 Comparative Studies in Semantic Prosody of Very, So, Really and Too | 第36-46页 |
| 5.2.1 Gender differences in semantic prosody of very | 第37-40页 |
| 5.2.2 Gender differences in semantic prosody of so | 第40-44页 |
| 5.2.3 Gender differences in semantic prosody of too | 第44-46页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Six Reasons for Gender Difference in the Use of EnglishIntensifiers——A Case Study of Using Intensifiers | 第48-56页 |
| 6.1 Results of Semantic Prosody Test | 第48-49页 |
| 6.2 Reasons for Gender Differences in the Use of English Intensifiers | 第49-55页 |
| 6.2.1 Language transfer in the use of English intensifiers | 第49-52页 |
| 6.2.2 Speech acts performance in the use of intensifiers | 第52-54页 |
| 6.2.3 Strategies in learning English intensifiers | 第54-55页 |
| 6.3 Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第56-57页 |
| 7.2 Limitations | 第57页 |
| 7.3 Suggestions | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第70页 |
