CHAPTER 1 Setting the Scene 1.1 Including or Omitting： A Dilemma Revisited 1.2 Overview of This Book CHAPTER 2 Previous Research and Lexicographic Treatment of Linking Adverbials 2.1 Defining Characteristics 2.2 Previous Research on Linking Adverbials 2.3 Lexicographic Treatment of Linking Adverbials 2.4 Summary CHAPTER 3 Theoretical Framework 3.1 Coherence-based Approach to Linking Adverbials 3.2 A Tentative Framework for the Analysis of Linking Adverbials 3.3 A FrameNet Treatment of Linking Adverbials in Dictionaries 3.4 Summary CHAPTER 4 Data and Methodology 4.1 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis 4.2 Corpora Used in the Present Study 4.3 Tools CHAPTER 5 Usage Patterns of Linking Adverbials 5.1 Usage Patterns of Linking Adverbials in the BNC and WECCL 5.2 Corpus Findings CHAPTER 6 A FrameNet-based Treatment of Linking Adverbials in Learner's Dictionaries 6.1 The Presentation of Linking Adverbials in FrameNet 6.2 A FrameNet-based Treatment of Linking Adverbials 6.3 Advantages of FrameNet Treatment over Traditional Dictionaries 6.4 Summary CHAPTER 7 Effectiveness of Propositional Frame in Explaining Linking Adverbials 7.1 The Empirical Study 7.2 Discussion 7.3 Summary CHAPTER 8 Conclusion 8.1 Major Findings 8.2 Pedagogical Implications 8.3 Contributions 8.4 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study References Appendices Ⅰ A List of LAs Ⅱ Three Versions of 13 Dictionary Entries Ⅲ Test Papers Ⅳ Questionnaire Ⅴ Frequency-loglikelihood of LAs in WECCL Acknowledgements
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