| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Separable Words in Modern Chinese Grammar | 第18-26页 |
| ·The Views of the Definition of Separable Words | 第19-24页 |
| ·Separable Words as Words | 第19-22页 |
| ·Separable Words as Either Words or Phrases | 第22-23页 |
| ·Separable Words as Phrases | 第23-24页 |
| ·Other Opinions | 第24页 |
| ·The Classification of Separable Words | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Criteria of Differentiating Separable Words from Other Units | 第25-26页 |
| ·Separable Words in Modern Chinese Lexicography | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第28页 |
| ·What is Usage-based Theory | 第28-35页 |
| ·The Genesis and Development of Usage-based Theory | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Principles of Usage-based Theory | 第31页 |
| ·The Importance of Usage-based Theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Usage-based Theory and the Emergence of Language Structure | 第31-33页 |
| ·Usage-based Theory and Language Acquisition | 第33-34页 |
| ·Usage-based Theory and Language Change | 第34-35页 |
| ·Usage-based Theory and Grammaticalization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Grammaticalization and Frequency of Use | 第35页 |
| ·Grammaticalization and Lexicalization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第38-56页 |
| ·Overall Description of Statistical Results | 第38-39页 |
| ·Discussion on the Results of the Comparison of Separable Words in LDCC and CCD5 | 第39-51页 |
| ·Word Frequency and Dictionary Entries | 第39-42页 |
| ·Lexicalization and Dictionary Entries | 第42-46页 |
| ·Patterns of Use and Part-of-speech Labeling | 第46-51页 |
| ·Implication of Data-based Separable Word Research | 第51-55页 |
| ·Corpora: An Effective Way of Resolving the Issues of Lexicography | 第51-53页 |
| ·Phrase, Separable Word, and Word: A Continuum | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-65页 |
| Appendices | 第65-71页 |
| Appendix 1 Data of Verb-object Group One | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix 2 Data of Verb-compliment Group One | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix 3 Data of Verb-object Group Two | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix 4 Data of Verb-compliment Group Two | 第71页 |
