声明
Acknowledgments
摘要
Abstract
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Aims and Significance of This Research
1.3 Organization of This Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Corpus-based Collocation of English Synonyms
2.1.2 Research in China
2.2 Previous Studies on Semantic Prosody
2.2.1 Previous Studies on Semantic Prosody Abroad
2.2.2 Previous Studies on Semantic Prosody Domestically
2.3 Previous Studies on Latent Semantic Analysis
2.3.1 Previous Studies on Latent Semantic Analysis Abroad
2.3.2 Previous Studies on Latent Semantic Analysis at Home
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Fillmore’s Frame Semantics
3.2 Synonym
3.2.2 The Source of Synonym
3.2.3 Classification of Synonym
3.3 Corpus
3.3.1 The Development of Corpus Linguistics
3.3.2 Corpus Employment and Synonym Differentiation
3.4 Colligation,Collocation,Semantic Prosody and Latent Semantic Analysis
3.4.1 Colligation
3.4.2 Collocation
3.4.3 Semantic Prosody
3.4.4 Latent Semantic Analysis
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 Research Methodology
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 British National Corpus
4.3 Instruments Used in This Study
4.3.1 WordNet
4.3.2 Sketch Engine
4.3.3 Latent Semantic Analysis @ CU Boulder
4.4 Criteria and Grouping of Synonym Pairs
4.5 Data Collection
4.5.1 Data Collection of Colligation
4.5.2 Data Collection of Collocation
4.5.3 Data Collection of Semantic Prosody
4.5.4 Data Collection of Latent Semantic Analysis
4.6 Summary
Chapter 5 Results and Discussions
5.1 Results and Discussions of Colligation of the Ten Synonym Groups
5.2 Results and Discussions of Collocation
5.2.1 Collocation Features of Finish and Complete
5.2.2 Collocation Features of Basic and Fundamental
5.3 Results and Discussions of Semantic Prosody
5.3.1 Semantic Prosody of Reveal and Disclose
5.3.2 Semantic Prosody of Obvious and Apparent
5.4 Results and Discussions of Latent Semantic Analysis
5.4.1 Latent Semantic Analysis of Announce and Declare
5.4.2 Latent Semantic Analysis of Adequate and Sufficient
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusions
6.1 Major Findings of This Study
6.2 Pedagogical Implications of This Study
6.3 Limitations of This Study
6.4 Suggestions for Further Study
Bibliography
Papers Published During the Study for M.A.Degree