| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第11-12页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第12-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Research | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Research | 第17页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO AN OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE | 第19-36页 |
| ·Previous Study of Split Infinitive | 第19-30页 |
| ·Definition of Split Infinitive | 第19-21页 |
| ·History of the Split Infinitive Construction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theories of Origins | 第22-23页 |
| ·History of the Controversy on Split Infinitives | 第23-25页 |
| ·Principal Objections to Split Infinitives | 第25-28页 |
| ·Current Studies of the Split Infinitive | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Limitation of the Previous Study | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Author’s Approach to the Study of Split Infinitives | 第30-36页 |
| ·Definition of Corpus | 第31-32页 |
| ·Corpus-based Studies | 第32-34页 |
| ·Methods of Corpus-based Studies | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE DATA SOURCE AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第36-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Corpus Used in the Research –BNC | 第37页 |
| ·Introduction to the Search Tools | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Design | 第38-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSTION | 第42-62页 |
| ·Quantitative Study of Split Infinitive | 第42-47页 |
| ·Frequency in the Whole Corpus | 第43-44页 |
| ·Frequency Differences According to Different Domains | 第44-46页 |
| ·Frequency Differences According to Different Genres | 第46-47页 |
| ·Qualitative Study of Split Infinitive | 第47-55页 |
| ·Types of the Split Infinitive | 第47-50页 |
| ·Types of the Adverb Splitters | 第50-52页 |
| ·Primary Infinitive Splitters | 第52-55页 |
| ·Discussion about the Split Infinitive | 第55-62页 |
| ·The Feasibility of the Use of a Split Infinitive | 第55-60页 |
| ·Split Infinitives to Be Avoided | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第62-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Use of the Split Infinitive | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications of the Current Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Recommendations | 第66-67页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第67-71页 |
| APPENDIX 5plitters and Their Occurrence | 第71-78页 |
| 攻读学位期间主要成果目录 | 第78页 |
