| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Questions in the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Organization of theThesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| ·Adverbial Connectives | 第19-27页 |
| ·Difference Terms for Adverbial Connectives | 第19页 |
| ·Definition of Adverbial Connectives | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Functions of Adverbial Connectives | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Classifications of Adverbial Connectives | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies Aboard and at Home on Adverbial Connectives | 第23-26页 |
| ·Limitations of the Previous Study | 第26-27页 |
| ·Basic Conceptions in the SLA Field | 第27-33页 |
| ·Interlanguage and Fossilization | 第28-29页 |
| ·Language Transfer | 第29-30页 |
| ·EA Analysis and CIA Analysis | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第33-45页 |
| ·Classification of Adverbial Connectives | 第33-34页 |
| ·Connectionism and SLA | 第34-39页 |
| ·Connectionism | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Connectionism Outlook on Language Learning | 第36-38页 |
| ·Connectionism and SLA | 第38-39页 |
| ·Spread Activation Model and SLA | 第39-41页 |
| ·Spread Activation Model | 第39-41页 |
| ·Spread Activation Model and SLA | 第41页 |
| ·Dual-Encoding Theory and SLA | 第41-43页 |
| ·Dual-Encoding Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Dual-Encoding Theory and SLA | 第42-43页 |
| ·Noticing Theory and SLA | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第45-51页 |
| ·Corpus Linguistics | 第45-46页 |
| ·A Comparable Corpus-based Study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Comparable Corpus | 第46-47页 |
| ·Corpora Used in This Study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Retrieval and Analysis Tools | 第48-51页 |
| ·Retrieval Tools | 第48-49页 |
| ·Analysis Tools | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion | 第51-75页 |
| ·The Distributions of the Overall Semantic Types | 第51-56页 |
| ·The Performance in Using All the Semantic Types of Connectives | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Reasons | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Top Ten Adverbial Connectives in CSC and NSC | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Similarity and the Difference | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Reasons | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Use of Corroboration Connectives in CSC | 第58-63页 |
| ·The Function of Corroboration Connectives | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Performance of Using Corroboration Connectives | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Underlying Reasons of the Performance | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Use of Formal and Informal Adverbial Connectives | 第63-68页 |
| ·Previous Studies | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Adverbial Connectives Selected | 第64页 |
| ·The Use of Formal and Informal Adverbial Connectives | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Reasons | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Patterns of Adverbial Connectives | 第68-75页 |
| ·The Frequencies of however and therefore | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Pattern of however and therefore | 第70-72页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Reasons | 第72-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第75-81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-77页 |
| ·The Implications for Learning English | 第77-79页 |
| ·The Limitations | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-87页 |
