声明
致谢
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Purpose
1.3 Research Significance
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Catenative Verb and Catenative Verb Construction
2.1.1 Conceptualization of Catenative Verb and Catenative Verb Construction
2.1.2 Catenative Verb and Auxiliary
2.1.3 Classification of English Catenative Verb
2.2 Previous Studies on Catenative Verbs Abroad
2.2.1 Traditional Approach to Catenative Verbs
2.2.2 Functional Approach to Catenative Verbs
2.2.3 Role and Reference Grammar
2.2.4 Pattern Grammar
2.2.5 Empirical Approach to Catenative Verbs
2.3 Previous Studies on Catenative Verbs at Home
Chapter 3 Theoretical Bases
3.1 Animacy
3.2 Eventuality Type
3.3 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis
3.4 Corpus-based Analysis
Chapter 4 Research Design
4.1 Research Question
4.2 Target Corpora
4.2.1 BNC Sampler and Its Sub-corpora
4.2.2 WECCL and Its Sub-corpora
4.3 Target Catenative Verbs
4.4 Analytic Tools
4.4.1 AntConc
4.4.2 Log-likelihood Ratio Calculator
4.4.3 Chi-square Test in SPSS
4.5 Analytic Procedure
Chapter 5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Analysis of Appearance and Chance
5.1.1 Overall Frequency of Appearance and Chance in BNC Sampler and WECCL
5.1.2 Subject Type of Appearance and Chance
5.1.3 Eventuality Type Following Appearance and Chance
5.2 Analysis of Achievement
5.2.1 Overall Frequency of Achievement in BNC Sampler and WECCL
5.2.2 Subject Type of Achievement
5.2.3 Eventuality Type Following Achievement
5.3 Analysis of Futurity
5.3.1 Overall Frequency of Futurity in BNC Sampler and WECCL
5.3.2 Subject Type of Futurity
5.3.3 Eventuality Type Following Futurity
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Findings
6.2 Implications
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Suggestions
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