《短语学在篇章意义构建中的作用：基于语料库的高频名词措词研究》中的研究主要基于语料库语言学的方法论，通过语料对措词进行分析。该研究方法具有许多优势：一，语料库的研究是基于计算机的软件分析（computer-based），这意味着数据分析的速度和规模都是远远胜于传统的语言研究方法的；第二，语料库的研究基于真实的语言数据（authentic data），其分析结果展示的将是人类实际使用语言的特征，而非人类语言中可能出现的特征，也就是说，语料库语言学是采用实证主义的态度，与自然科学的学科研究类似，其分析建立在真实数据的基础上；第三，语料库的研究比传统语言分析更具有科学性（scientific approach）和客观性，对语料的分析不依赖于研究者的语感和经历，而是从数据的质和量上进行统计和分析，更加可靠。

PART ONE Phraseology and corpus linguistics
Chapter 1 What is phraseology?
1．1 Significance of phraseology
1．2 Scope of phraseology
1．2．1 Phraseology and a phraseological item
1．2．2 Criteria for identifying a phraseological item
1．3 Relevant terminology
1．3．1 Collocation and colligation
1．3．2 Pattern
1．3．3 Frame
Chapter 2 Corpus-based approach to phraseology
2．1 The corpus approach in the investigations of phraseology
2．2 Research questions
2．3 Corpora
2．3．1 Bank of English （BoE） as the main reference corpus
2．3．2 British National Corpus（BNC）
2．3．3 Corpus of English Course-books（CEC）
2．3．4 Chinese Learner English Corpus��CLEC）
2．4 Research techniques
2．4．1 Sample analysis
2．4．2 Collocational analysis
2．4．3 Corpus techniques using LookUp

PART TWO Phraseology and the construction of meaning in discourse
Chapter 3 Phenomena important to the construction of meaning
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Polysemy
3．2．1 Polysemy and monosemy
3．2．2 Considerations for the analysis of polysemy：meaning and subjectivity
3．2．3 Polysemy and phraseology
3．3 Metaphor
3．3．1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory（CMT）
3．3．2 Conceptual Blending Theory（CBT）
3．3．3 Context-induced metaphors
3．3．4 Metonymy
3．3．5 The approach to metaphor in this study：CMT and corpus linguistics
3．4 Evaluation
3．4．1 Evaluation as an umbrella term for speakers' stance and attitude
3．4．2 Evaluative iterns in text
3．4．3 Different types of evaluative uses
3．4．4 Corpus-based approach to evaluation
3．5 Vagueness
3．5．1 Significance of studying vague language
3．5．2 Definition of vague language used in this book
3．5．3 Categorisations of vague language
3．5．4 Genre and vague use
3．6 Summary
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PART THREE Phraseology and English language teaching
Appendices
Appendix 1：English course-books selected for the CEC
Appendix 2：Evans's conceptual semantic network for time（Evans 2005：52）
References
Notes