| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBRIEVATIONS | 第13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Research purpose | 第15页 |
| 1.2 Rational of the study | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Research questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Organization of this thesis | 第18-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-39页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第21页 |
| 2.2 Corpus and Corpus Linguistics | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of corpus | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of corpus | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Corpus Linguistics | 第24-26页 |
| 2.3 Article system in English | 第26-31页 |
| 2.3.1 The importance of articles in English | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Basic usages of English articles | 第28-31页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on English articles | 第31-37页 |
| 2.4.1 Researches on English articles abroad | 第32-33页 |
| 2.4.2 Researches on English articles at home | 第33-35页 |
| 2.4.3 Comments on the previous researches on English articles | 第35-37页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第39-47页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第39页 |
| 3.2 Corpora used in the present study | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2.1 Chinese Learner English Corpus (CLEC) | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2.2 Brown Corpus | 第41页 |
| 3.2.3 The selection of the two corpora | 第41-42页 |
| 3.3 Computer support | 第42-43页 |
| 3.4 Data analysis | 第43页 |
| 3.5 Research procedure | 第43-44页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第44-47页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS OF DATA ANALYSIS | 第47-71页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第47页 |
| 4.2 Results for research question 1 | 第47-50页 |
| 4.3 Results for research question 2 | 第50-55页 |
| 4.3.1 Comparisons among ST2, ST5 and ST6 on the frequencies of English articles | 第50-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Comparisons between Brown and ST2, ST5 and ST6 on the frequencies of English articles | 第53-55页 |
| 4.4 Results for research question 3 | 第55-63页 |
| 4.4.1 The frequency of definite article the used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第55-58页 |
| 4.4.2 The frequency of indefinite article a used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第58-61页 |
| 4.4.3 The frequency of indefinite article an used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第61-63页 |
| 4.5 Results for research question 4 | 第63-68页 |
| 4.5.1 The developmental feature of the frequency of definite article the used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第65-66页 |
| 4.5.2 The developmental feature of the frequency of indefinite article a used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第66-67页 |
| 4.5.3 The developmental feature of the frequency of indefinite article an used by different language proficiency Chinese EFL learners | 第67-68页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第68-71页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE GENERAL DISCUSSION | 第71-81页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第71页 |
| 5.2 Discussion for research question 1 | 第71-73页 |
| 5.3 Discussion for research question 2 | 第73-75页 |
| 5.4 Discussion for research question 3 | 第75-77页 |
| 5.5 Discussion for research question 4 | 第77-80页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第80-81页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第81-87页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第81页 |
| 6.2 Major findings | 第81-84页 |
| 6.3 Implication of the study | 第84-85页 |
| 6.4 Limitations | 第85-86页 |
| 6.5 Suggestions for further research | 第86-87页 |
| REFERENCE | 第87-91页 |
