序言 前言 List of Abbreviations Chapter One Corpus Linguistics and SLA Research 1.1 The Characteristic Features ofthe Corpus Approach 1.2 Types ofAnalysis in SLA Research 1.3 Learner Corpora:the Meeting—point of SLA and Corpus Linguistics 1.4 Summary Chapter Two Approaching Verbs 2.1 Grammar and Verbs 2.2 Grammar and Lexis 2.3 Verbs and Its Immediate Linguistic Context 2.4 A Comparison of Chinese Learners’Behaviour Of VlerbS wim That of the Native Speakers 2.5 Summary Chapter Three Research Methodology 3.1 Corpus Data 3.2 The Verbs to Be Investigated 3.3 TwO Aspects of the Use of Verbs 3.4 Summary Chapter Four Research Results and Discussions 4.1 The Uses of Individual VerbS 4.2 Comparisons Between Uses of Verbs 4.3 The Uses of the Different Forms of Verbs 4.4 Some General Conclusions 4.5 Summary Chapter Five Further Discussions 5.1 The Notion of Chunk 5.2 Chunks and the Learners’Uses of Verbs 5.3 The Learning of the Native Speakers’Typical Chunks 5.4 Summary Chapter Six Conclusions and Implications 6.1 Summary and Conclusions 6.2 Implications 6.3 Directions for Further Research Appendices References