Abstract3-6
摘要6-8
Tables and Figures8-9
Abbreviations9-12
1. Introduction12-16
1.1 Research background12-14
1.2 Significance of the study14
1.3 Research questions14-15
1.4 Organization of the thesis15-16
2. Literature Review16-32
2.1 Listening comprehension16-22
2.1.1 The information processing model in pstening comprehension16-18
2.1.2 Factors affecting pstening comprehension18-21
2.1.3 Studies on the significance of grammars to pstening comprehension21-22
2.2 Engpsh songs22-25
2.2.1 Language and music23-24
2.2.2 Phonetic features of language and Engpsh songs24-25
2.2.3 The exsited studies on the grammatical features of Engpshsongs25
2.3 The apppcation of Engpsh songs to Engpsh teaching25-28
2.3.1 The apppcation of Engpsh songs in teaching pronunciations, grammars26-27
2.3.2 The apppcation of Engpsh songs in teaching cultures27
2.3.3 The apppcation of Engpsh songs in teaching pstening comprehension27-28
2.4 Engpsh grammar28-32
2.4.1 Engpsh grammar29
2.4.2 Morphology29-30
2.4.3 Syntax30
2.4.4 The theoretical basis of Engpsh grammar in this study30-32
3. Research Methodology32-40
3.1Corpus-based approach32
3.2 Corpus compilation32-39
3.2.1 Introduction to CET-4LC&ESs32-33
3.2.2 The original texts processing33-35
3.2.3 Part-of-speech tagging35-36
3.2.4 Syntactic parsing36-39
3.3 Tools for data processing39-40
4. Results and Analyses40-68
4.1 Morphological features40-51
4.1.1 Morphological features of CET-4 pstening comprehension40-43
4.1.2 Morphological features of Engpsh songs43-46
4.1.3 Comparison of morphological features between CET-4 pstening comprehension and Engpsh songs46-51
4.2 Syntactical features51-68
4.2.1 Syntactical features of CET-4 pstening comprehension51-58
4.2.2 Syntactical features of Engpsh songs58-63
4.2.3 Comparison of syntactical features between CET-4 pstening Comprehension and Engpsh songs63-68
5. Conclusions68-74
5.1 Major findings of the studies68-71
5.2 Pedagogical imppcations and suggestions71-72
5.3 Limitations and follow-up studies72-74
Acknowledgements74-76
Bibpography76-82
Appendix82-90
Pubpcations90