| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| 2.1 Comparative Degree | 第14-16页 |
| 2.2 Forms of Comparative Degree | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.1 Inflectional Form of Comparative Degree | 第16页 |
| 2.2.2 Periphrastic Form of Comparative Degree | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2.3 Irregular Form of Comparative Degree | 第17-19页 |
| 2.3 Meaning and Function of Comparative Degree | 第19-24页 |
| 2.3.1 Meaning of Comparative Degree | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3.2 Function of Comparative Degree | 第21-24页 |
| 2.4 Contrastive Inter-language Analysis (CIA) | 第24-26页 |
| 2.5 Previous Studies on Comparative Degree | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第29-35页 |
| 3.1 Corpus-based Approach | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Corpora Used in the Study | 第29-31页 |
| 3.2.1 WECCL | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 LOCNESS | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Instruments for Data Collection and Analysis | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.1 CLAWS | 第31页 |
| 3.3.2 AntConc | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.3 SPSS | 第32页 |
| 3.4 Procedure of Data Collection and Processing | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第35-66页 |
| 4.1 Overall Distributions of Comparative Degree in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第35-38页 |
| 4.2 Inflectional and Periphrastic Forms of Comparative Degree in WECCL andLOCNESS | 第38-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Inflectional Forms of Comparative Degree in the Two Corpora | 第38-44页 |
| 4.2.1.1 Top 20 Inflectional Forms of Comparative Adjectives in WECCL | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.1.2 Top 20 Inflectional Forms of Comparative Adjectives in LOCNESS | 第41-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Periphrastic Forms of Comparative Degree in the Two Corpora | 第44-49页 |
| 4.2.3 Choice between Inflectional and Periphrastic Forms of ComparativeDegree | 第49-51页 |
| 4.3 Irregular Forms of Comparative Degree in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第51-62页 |
| 4.3.1 More in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.2 Better in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第57-59页 |
| 4.3.3 Further in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第59-60页 |
| 4.3.4 Less in WECCL and LOCNESS | 第60-62页 |
| 4.4 Errors on Comparative Degree in WECCL | 第62-66页 |
| 4.4.1 Classification of Errors on Comparative Degree | 第62-64页 |
| 4.4.2 Analysis of Errors on Comparative Degree | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第66-68页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第68页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| Resume | 第75页 |
