| List of Abbreviations | 第1-8页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-36页 |
| ·Intensifiers | 第16-28页 |
| ·Definitions and Categories of Intensifiers | 第16-20页 |
| ·Semantics of Intensifiers | 第20-22页 |
| ·Semantics of Amplifiers | 第20-21页 |
| ·Semantics of Downtoners | 第21-22页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Intensifiers | 第22-24页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Amplifiers | 第22-23页 |
| ·Syntactic Features of Downtoners | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cooccurrence Restrictions of Intensifiers | 第24-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Intensifiers | 第26-28页 |
| ·Collocation | 第28-31页 |
| ·Definitions of Collocation | 第28-30页 |
| ·Types of Collocation | 第30页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody | 第30-31页 |
| ·Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis | 第31-36页 |
| ·An Introduction to CIA | 第31-34页 |
| ·Corpus-Based CIA | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第36-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36页 |
| ·Subject | 第36-39页 |
| ·Corpora Used | 第36-38页 |
| ·Intensifiers to Be Studied | 第38-39页 |
| ·Instruments | 第39-41页 |
| ·AntConc3.2.1 W | 第39-40页 |
| ·SPSS V16.029 | 第40-41页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第43-75页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Frequencies of Intensifiers across two Corpora | 第43-54页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Frequencies of Amplifiers | 第46-49页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Frequencies of Downtoners | 第49-54页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Intensifiers across two Corpora | 第54-75页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Maximizers | 第54-61页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Boosters | 第61-67页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Approximators | 第67-69页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Compromisers | 第69-71页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Diminishers | 第71-73页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Collocations of Minimizers | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-80页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-77页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第78-80页 |
| Appendix 1: Theses of American English-Major-Postgraduates | 第80-83页 |
| Appendix 2: Theses of Chinese English-Major-Postgraduates | 第83-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-93页 |
| Publications | 第93-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94-95页 |
