| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 论文摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Study motivation | 第10-12页 |
| ·Aims of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·An outline of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-31页 |
| ·An introduction to corpus linguistics | 第14-17页 |
| ·An introduction to corpus-based approach | 第14-15页 |
| ·Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis vs. Error Analysis | 第15-17页 |
| ·A general introduction to English existential | 第17-25页 |
| ·Definition of English existential | 第17-19页 |
| ·The status of existential there | 第19-20页 |
| ·The postverbal Noun Phrase (NP): definite or indefinite | 第20-22页 |
| ·Sentence patterns of existential sentences | 第22-23页 |
| ·Verbs used in there –sentences | 第23-25页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Chinese existential | 第25-26页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese existential | 第25页 |
| ·Classification of Chinese existential | 第25-26页 |
| ·A contrast of English existential and Chinese existentials | 第26-28页 |
| ·Dissimilarities of EE and CE | 第26-27页 |
| ·Similarities of EE and CE | 第27-28页 |
| ·Previous studies on learners’acquisition of English existentials | 第28-31页 |
| ·Foreign studies on learners’acquisition of existentials | 第28-29页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese learners’acquisition of existentials | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第31-36页 |
| ·Research description | 第31页 |
| ·Data sources | 第31-33页 |
| ·WordSmith tools | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data processing | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Data analysis | 第36-62页 |
| ·Distribution of there-sentences in BNC and CLEC | 第36-44页 |
| ·Frequencies of there-sentences produced in BNC and CLEC | 第36-38页 |
| ·Discussion of the overuse of there-sentences | 第38-40页 |
| ·Comparisons of there-sentences in terms of various verb-forms | 第40-42页 |
| ·Discussion of the use of there-sentences in terms of verb-forms | 第42-44页 |
| ·Analysis of there-sentences in learner corpus | 第44-56页 |
| ·Complex patterns of there-sentences | 第44-47页 |
| ·The accuracy rate of there-sentences in learner corpus | 第47-48页 |
| ·Error types in learner corpus | 第48-49页 |
| ·Error analysis | 第49-56页 |
| ·Findings and discussion | 第56-62页 |
| ·Developmental features | 第56-60页 |
| ·Differences between learners and native speakers when applying existentials | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| ·Major findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications for there-sentences instruction | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the current work and suggestions for further research | 第64-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
