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Chapter 1 Introduction |
11-15 |
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1.1 Research Background |
11-13 |
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1.2 Research Methodology |
13-14 |
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1.3 General Organization |
14-15 |
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Chapter 2 Theoretical Background |
15-32 |
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2.1 Theoretical overview of BECAUSE |
15-26 |
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2.1.1 Semantic Functions |
15-18 |
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2.1.2 Syntactic Functions |
18-23 |
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2.1.3 Positions |
23-25 |
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2.1.4 Summary of Syntactic Functions, Usage Patterns and Positions |
25-26 |
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2.2 Theory on Foreign Language Learners' Errors |
26-32 |
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2.2.1 Nature and Definition of Error |
26-27 |
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2.2.2 Significance of Study on Language Errors |
27-28 |
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2.2.3 Causes of Foreign Language Learners' Errors |
28-32 |
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Chapter 3 Data Presentation and Processing |
32-39 |
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3.1 Corpus-based Study |
32-37 |
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3.1.1 Methods for Corpus-Based Studies |
32-33 |
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3.1.2 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis Approach |
33-34 |
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3.1.3 Introduction to the Corpora Used in this Research |
34-37 |
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3.2 Data Collection and Processing Procedure |
37-39 |
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Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion |
39-57 |
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4.1 Distributions of BECAUSE in ST3 of CLEC and COCNUS |
39-44 |
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4.1.1 Overall Frequencies of BECAUSE |
39-40 |
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4.1.2 Frequencies of BECAUSE with Different Syntactic Functions |
40-42 |
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4.1.3 Positions of BECAUSE |
42-44 |
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4.2 Usage Patterns of BECAUSE in ST3 of CLEC |
44-52 |
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4.2.1 BECAUSE as a Subordinator |
44-46 |
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4.2.2 BECAUSE OF as a Preposition |
46-47 |
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4.2.3 BECAUSE-clause as an Adjunct |
47-50 |
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4.2.4 BECAUSE-clause as a Disjunct |
50 |
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4.2.5 BECAUSE-clausc as a Subject |
50 |
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4.2.6 Negated BECAUSE-clause |
50-51 |
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4.2.7 Summary |
51-52 |
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4.3 Analysis of Misuse of BECA USE in ST3 of CLEC |
52-57 |
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4.3.1 Misspellings of BECAUSE |
52-53 |
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4.3.2 Mixed Usage of Syntactic Functions |
53 |
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4.3.3 Redundancy |
53-55 |
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4.3.4 Sentence Fragment |
55-56 |
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4.3.5 Other Errors |
56-57 |
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Chapter 5 Conclusions |
57-60 |
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5.1 Major Findings of this Research |
57-58 |
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5.2 Pedagogical Implications |
58 |
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5.3 Limitations of this Research |
58-60 |
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References |
60-63 |
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Appendices: |
63-72 |
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Appendix I: FoxPro program 'Searching for BECAUSE ' |
63-68 |
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Appendix II: Examples of Sentences Containing BECA USE in ST3 of CLEC |
68-72 |
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Acknowledgements |
72-73 |
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Publication |
73-74 |
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Resume |
74 |
