| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第8-9页 |
| 1.2 Purposes and research questions | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第10-11页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the study | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-30页 |
| 2.1 Formulaic Sequence | 第12-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of formulaic sequence | 第12-13页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of formulaic sequence | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.3 Characteristics of formulaic sequence | 第15-18页 |
| 2.2 Research on formulaic sequence in language acquisition | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Descriptive research on FS through corpus | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Research on formulaic sequence in language acquisition and teaching | 第20-22页 |
| 2.3 Psychological reality of formulaic sequence | 第22-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Psycholinguistic studies of FS abroad | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Psycholinguistic studies of FS at home | 第26-29页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第30-37页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Pilot study | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 The formal study | 第31-34页 |
| 3.3.1 Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.2 Materials | 第32-34页 |
| 3.4 The procedure | 第34-35页 |
| 3.5 Data collection and analysis | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第37-47页 |
| 4.1 Results of the experiment | 第37-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Results of the reaction time of three types of expressions by Group A | 第37-39页 |
| 4.1.2 Results of the RT of the three types of expressions by Group B | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.3 Comparison of the RT of three types of expressions between Group A and Group B | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 General discussion | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Discussion of the first question | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Discussion of the second question | 第43-44页 |
| 4.2.3 Factors that influence the mean reaction time of FSs | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-52页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of the present study | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第48-50页 |
| 5.3 Limitation of the present study | 第50页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for the further research | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-56页 |
| Appendix 1 Three types of expressions | 第56-57页 |
| Appendix 2 Materials for the experiment | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix 3 The True-False Judgments | 第61-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| Papers published during postgraduate study | 第63页 |
