| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Objectives | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-37页 |
| 2.1 The Definitions of Collocation | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Three Similar Linguistic Concepts | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies on the Acquisition of Verb-Noun Collocations | 第20-24页 |
| 2.4 Corpus-Based Studies on the Acquisition of Verb-Noun Collocations | 第24-29页 |
| 2.5 Theoretical Foundation | 第29-37页 |
| 2.5.1 Error Analysis | 第30-32页 |
| 2.5.2 Language Transfer | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第37-43页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第37页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 Research Instruments | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3.1 AntConc 3.2.1 | 第38-39页 |
| 3.3.2 WordSmith Tools | 第39页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection | 第39-40页 |
| 3.5 Research Procedure | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第43-69页 |
| 4.1 The Differences between Native Speakers and Chinese Learners in the Numberof Well-Formed Verb-Noun Collocations | 第43-50页 |
| 4.2 The Differences between Chinese Learners at Different Levels of LanguageProficiency in Accuracy of Verb-Noun Collocations | 第50-58页 |
| 4.3 The Distribution of Deviant Collocations in Chinese Learners' Subcorpora | 第58-69页 |
| 4.3.1 The percentage of deviant collocations in Chinese learners' subcorpora | 第58-60页 |
| 4.3.2 Possible reasons for the recurrent deviant collocations | 第60-69页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第69-75页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Research | 第69-71页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第71-73页 |
| 5.2.1 Teaching English collocations in comparison with Chinese | 第72页 |
| 5.2.2 Teaching English collocations with the help of the dictionary | 第72-73页 |
| 5.2.3 Teaching collocations with the help of corpus | 第73页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of the Research | 第73-74页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Further Research | 第74-75页 |
| References | 第75-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的科研成果 | 第81页 |
