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