声明
摘要
List of Abbreviations
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Overview of Noun Phrase
2.1.1 Components of Noun Phrase
2.1.2 Determiner
2.1.3 Premodification
2.1.4 Postmodification
2.2 Classification of Noun Phrases
2.2.1 Classification of Noun Phrases by Quirk
2.2.2 Classification ofNoun Phrases by Biber
2.3 Overview of Spoken English and Written English
2.4 Review of Previous Study on Noun Phrases
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Overview of SWECCL and BNC
3.1.1 Overview of SWECCL
3.1.2 Overview of BNC
3.1.3 Corpora Used in this Study
3.2 Methodology
3.2.1 Corpus-based Approach
3.2.2 Quantitative and Qualitative Research
3.3 Tools for Data Processing
3.4 Data Processing
Chapter 4 Results and Analysis
4.1 Overall Distributions of Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.2 Simple Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.2.1 Overall Distribution of Simple Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.2.2 High-frequency Simple Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCLand MY-BNC
4.2.3 Length of Simple Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.3 Complex Noun Phrases in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.3.1 Distribution of Complex Noun Phrases with Premodiflcations in SWECCL and MY-BNC
4.3.2 Distribution of Complex Noun Phrases with Postmodifications in MY-SWECCL and MY-BNC
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Pedagogical Implications
5.3 Limitation and Suggestions for Further Research
References
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Resume