| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·General Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Role of Corpus in the Study | 第15-18页 |
| ·A Brief History of Corpus Linguistics | 第15-17页 |
| ·Reasons for the Employment of Corpora in Synonym Differentiation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Relative Terms in the Study | 第18-26页 |
| ·Sinclair's Theory of Lexical Grammar | 第18-21页 |
| ·Concept of Synonymy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Register Distribution of Synonyms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Colligation, Collocation and Semantic Prosody | 第23-26页 |
| ·Review of Relative Studies in China | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第28-32页 |
| ·Corpus in Use-BNC | 第28页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第28-31页 |
| ·Register Distribution | 第30页 |
| ·Colligation | 第30页 |
| ·Collocation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody | 第31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Results of Corpus Inspection and Analyses | 第32-53页 |
| ·Results and Analyses of Register Distribution | 第32-35页 |
| ·Results and Analyses of Colligation | 第35-37页 |
| ·Results and Analyses of Collocation Features | 第37-44页 |
| ·Collocation Features of win and gain | 第37-40页 |
| ·Collocation Features of basis and base | 第40-42页 |
| ·Collocation Features of appear and emerge | 第42-44页 |
| ·Results and Analyses of Semantic Prosody | 第44-52页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of confess and admit | 第45-47页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of provide and supply | 第47-49页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of event and affair | 第49-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第53-54页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第55-56页 |
| Works Cited | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
