声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
List of Abbreviations
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Significance and Research Questions
1.3 Organization of Research
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 English Logical Resultative Formulas
2.1.1 Definition of ELRF
2.1.2 Corpus-based Studies on ELRF Abroad
2.1.3 Corpus-based Studies on ELRF at Home
2.2 Semantic Prosody
2.2.1 Definition of Semantic Prosody
2.2.2 Classifications of Semantic Prosody
2.2.3 Studies on Semantic Prosody Abroad
2.2.4 Studies on Semantic Prosody at Home
2.3 Studies on Meaning-Shift Unit
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 The Corpus Used in the Study
3.2 The Instruments Used in the Study
3.3 Data Collection and Processing Procedure
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.1 The Analysis of Causative ELRF
4.1.1 Semantic Prosody of caused by
4.1.2 Semantic Prosody of because of
4.1.3 Semantic Prosody of due to
4.1.4 Semantic Prosody of [result] from
4.2 The Analysis of Resultative ELRF
4.2.1 Semantic Prosody of so that
4.2.2 Semantic Prosody of [lead] to
4.2.3 Semantic Prosody of [result] in
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 Conclusions
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications of Study
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study
References
Appendices
Acknowledgement
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