List of Tables
List of Figures
List ofAbbreviations
List of Pattern Notations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research orientation
1.2 Pattern: the object ofresearch
1.3 Rationale
1.4 Key research questions
1.5 0rganization ofthe book
Chapter 2 Pattern Grammar
2.1Identification, definition, and presentation of“pattern”
2.2 A historical review ofpattem grammar
2.2.1 Earlier work on patterns and usage
2.2.2 Research on word combinations
2.2.4 Patterngrammar
2.3 Two approaches to pattern grammar
2.3.1 Approach 1: A word and its patterns
2.3.2 Approach 2: A pattern and its words
2.4 Pattem-meaning association (PMA): core ofpattern grammar
Chapter 3 Pattern Grammar and L2 Vocabulary Development
3.1 Pattern and depth ofword knowledge
3.1.2 Associating pattern with depth ofword knowledge
3.2 Depth ofword knowledge and L2 vocabulary development
3.2.1 Aunified account ofdimensions ofL2 vocabulary development research
3.2.2 Previous research on depth ofL2 vocabulary development
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 0n the Corpus Method
4.1 Justifications for using leamer corpora in SLA study
4.2 Advantages ofusing learner corpora in the present research
4.2.1Learner corpora provide large quantities ofnatural language use data
4.2.2 Learner corpora provide a new text type for observation
4.3 Nature ofcorpus linguistics
4.3.1 Corpus linguistics is “a new way ofthinking about language”
4.3.2 Corpora serve both as a test bed and as a source for hypotheses in SLA study
4.4 Limitations ofusing learner corpora in SLA study
Chapter 5 Methodolog
5.1.1 Preparing the learner corpus
5.1.2 Guaranteeing the comparability between different samples ofthe leamer corpus
5.1.3 Preparing the control corpus
5.1.4 Guaranteeing the comparability between the control corpus and the learner corpus
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Chapter 6 results and Discussion
Chapter 7 General Discussion
Chapter 8 Conclusion