声明
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance
1.3 Organization of the Paper
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Genre Theory
2.1.1 Definition of Genre
2.1.2 Genre Analysis
2.1.3 Characteristics of the Narrative Genre
2.2 Temporal Adverbials
2.2.1 Time and Temporal Adverbials
2.2.2 Classification of Temporal Adverbials
2.2.3 Temporal Adverbials in Narrative Articles
2.2.4 Previous Studies on Temporal Adverbials at Home and Abroad
2.3 English Textbook
2.3.1 Definition of English Textbook
2.3.2 Functions of English Textbook
2.3.3 A Brief Introduction of the NSEC Textbook
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Instruments
3.2.1 AntConc
3.2.2 SPSS
3.3 Research Procedures
3.3.1 Data Collection
3.3.2 Coding and Tagging of Temporal Adverbials
3.3.3 Searching for Temporal Adverbials
3.3.4 Calculating Percentages
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Linguistic Structures of Temporal Adverbials in the NSEC Textbook
4.1.1 General Description of the Corpus Used in this Paper
4.1.2 Characteristics of Linguistic Structures of Temporal Adverbials in the NSEC Textbook
4.2 Semantic Functions of Temporal Adverbials in the NSEC Textbook
4.2.1 Characteristics of Adverb Phrase
4.2.2 Characteristics of Prepositional Phrase
4.2.3 Characteristics of Clause of Time
4.2.4 Characteristics of Noun Phrase
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Summary of the Major Findings
5.2 Implications for Narrative Writing
5.3 Limitations of the Present Study
5.4 Suggestions for Further Studies
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PUBLISHED PAPERS