声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Aim of the Thesis
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies on Phraseology
2.1.1 Theory-driven Studies on Phraseology
2.1.2 Corpus-driven Studies of Phraseology
2.2 Previous Studies on Lexical Chunks
2.2.1 Definition of Lexical Chunks
2.2.2 Previous Studies on Lexical Chunks
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Corpus Used for the Study
3.2 Tools
3.2.1 The Extraction Tool——KfNgram
3.2.2 The Retrieval Tool——Wordsmith 4.0
3.3 Research Procedurcs
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Findings
4.1 Frequency-Based Analysis of n-chunks
4.1.1 Multiple Clause Constituents
4.1.2 Incomplete Phrases
4.2 The Functional Analysis of Experiential Chunks in CEAERA
4.2.1 Experiential Chunks for Specifying Attributes
4.2.2 Experiential Chunks for Identifying Entities,Notions and Activities
4.2.3 Experiential Chunks for Specifying Processes and Actions
4.2.4 Experiential Chunks for Specifying Time and Space
4.2.5 Vagueness Expressions
4.3 The Functional Analysis of Organizational Chunks in CEAERA
4.3.1 Discourse Acts Chunks
4.3.2 Meta-discourse Chunks
4.3.3 General Logical Signals
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5.1 Summary of the Thesis
5.2 Implications and Suggestions for Further Researches
5.3 Limitations of the Thesis
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C