AcknowledgementsIamindebtedtoouruniversityforprovidingmewithsuchapreciousopportunityofwritingthisthesistoconcludemyfouryears’undergraduateeducation
Inthecourseofwriting,IhavegainedmoreacknowledgeandenlightenmentthanIexpected
Iwouldliketoexpressmymostsincereappreciationtomyrespectedsupervisor,Ms
WangXiaoru,anamiableteacher,whopatientlyandpainstakinglyfulfilledthetaskofreadingcritiquing,shapingandpolishingallthepreliminarydraftsofthisthesis
Inaddition,mythanksalsogotomyfamilyaswellastheclassmateswhohaveofferedmehelpandsuggestion
AbstractIntheprocessofEnglishlearning,thedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesesyntax,oneofthemajordifficulties,oftenpuzzlesmostChinesestudents,fordifferentpeoplehavedifferentwaysofthoughtwhichleadtodifferenthabitualexpression
Thisdissertationfocusesoncontrastivestudyof