声明
致谢
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 About the Problem
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Review of Modal Verbs
2.2 Review of Modal Sequences
2.3 Theoretical Foundation
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Subjects
3.3 Instruments
3.4 Data Analysis
Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 The Modal Verb Analysis
4.2 The Modal Sequence Analysis
4.3 Contrastive Analysis between Different Proficiency Levels
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Summary of the Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and Suggestion for Future Studies
参考文献
Appendix 1 CLAWS Tagset7
Appendix 2 The composition entitled We Are What We Read