全英文论文开题报告一、Currentresearchsituation:EnglishidiomsareanimportantpartoftheEnglishvocabulary.Thegeneraltendenciesofpresent-dayEnglisharetowardsmoreidiomaticusages.HallidayandHason(1976)pointedoutthattherearethreefunctionsofEnglishidioms(ideationalfunction,interpersonalfunctionandtextualfunction).Anotherscholar,FernandoC.(1996),alsomadevaluablecontributionstotheunderstandingofidiomaticexpression_rofcoherenttext,andinthecreationofstylisticeffects.ChineselinguistslikeHuZhuanglin(1994,1996),ZhuYongsheng(1995,1996,1997)andZhangDelu(1994)mainlymadecontributionstothestudyoftextualcohesion.二、Researchproject:ThispaperisfirstlyintendedtodefineEnglishidiomsandanalyzethefeaturesofthem.Itthenexploresthecohesivefunctionaftercarefulanalysisanddiscussion,attemptingtoarousetheconcernofusingidiomsappropriatelyandhelpreadersmakefulluseofthecohesivefunctionforcommunicatingmoreconciselyandidiomatically,thusmoreeffectively.三、Subjectresearchcontent:AsEnglishidiomsaremuchaliveineverydayEnglish,acloselookatthefunctionofidiomsmustbetaken.Thisdissertationincludesthefollowingfiveaspects:1.Introduction2.AGeneralStudyofEnglishIdioms2.1TheDefinitionofEnglishIdioms2.2FeaturesofEnglishIdioms3.CohesiveFunctionofEnglishIdioms3.1Cohesion3.2FunctionalCategories3.3CohesiveFunctionofRelationalIdioms3.4CohesiveFunctionofOtherIdioms4.TheCohesiveFunctioninTermsofSyntaxAndPragmatics4.1SyntacticCohesion4.2PragmaticFunction5.Conclusion四、Projectresearchplan:January22-March10:questionposingoftheresearchandcollectionofmaterialsMarch11-March25:analysisofthematerialsandwritingofanoutlineMarch26-April30:completionofthefirstdraftandseekingsupervisor’sadviceMay1?June10:refinementofthepaperaccordingtoteacher’ssuggestionJune11?June22:finalizationofthethesisbasedonthesetrequirementsafterthedefence五、MainReferences:[1]Fernando,C.IdiomsandIdiomaticity.ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,2000[2]Halliday,M.A.K.andR.Hason.CohesioninEnglish.LongmanPress,1985[3]Lakoff,G.andM.Johnson.MetaphorsWeLiveBy.UniversityofChicagoPress,1980[4]Makkai,A.IdiomStructureinEnglish.TheHaguePress,1972[5]林承璋.英语词汇学引论[M].武汉大学出版社,1987[6]陆国强.现代英语词汇学[M].上海外语教育出版社,1999[7]汪榕培,卢晓娟.英语词汇学教程[M].上海外语教育出版社,1999