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Abstract
摘要
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1.Introduction
1.1 Significance of the Thesis
1.2 Organization of the Thesis
2.Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on English Proverbs
2.2 Previous Studies on English Proverb Variations
3.Theoretical Framework
3.1 Prototype Theory
3.1.1 The Development of Prototype Theory
3.1.2 Characteristics of Prototype Theory
3.2 English Proverbs and Proverb Variations
3.2.1 English Proverbs
3.2.2 English Proverb Variations
3.3 Interpretation of English Proverbs and Variations
3.4 Advantage of Using a Corpus for Research
4.Research Design and Data Collection
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Research Subjects
4.3 Item Collection and Processing
5.Data Analysis
5.1 Categories of Proverb Variations
5.1.1 Substitution
5.1.2 Addition
5.1.3 Deletion
5.1.4 Antonym
5.1.5 Reversion
5.2 Distribution of Five Categories of Variations
5.3 Analysis of Frequency of Proverbs and Proverb Variations
5.3.1 Analysis in COCA
5.3.2 Analysis in SWECCL
6.Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings of This Study
6.2 Implications
6.2.1 For English Learners
6.2.2 For English Teachers
6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Appendix A:101 American English Proverbs
Appendix B 27 Argumentative Writing Topics in WECCL2.0
Appendix C TEM4-Oral Text Questions(2003-2006)
Appendix D WECCL2.0中的学习者变量
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