Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationale
1.2 Motivations for the Research
1.3 Aims of the Study
1.4 Innovations of the Study
1.5 Outline of the Research
1.6 Summary
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Corpus-Based Translation Studies at Home and Abroad
2.1.1 The Rise of Corpus-Based Translation Studies
2.1.2 An Overview of CTS
2.1.3 CTS in the Chinese Context
2.2 Research into Explicitation in Translation
2.2.1 Defining Explicitation
2.2.2 Research on Explicitation of Translated Languages at Home
2.2.3 Typology of Explicitation
2.2.4 An Integrated Model of Explicitation
2.2.5 Problems in Existing Studies of Explicitation in CTS
2.3 Research on Chinese Translations of The Lord of the Rings
2.3.1 Research on Chinese Translation of The Lord of the Rings in Journals
2.3.2 Research on Chinese Translation of The Lord of the Rings in Dessertations
2.3.3 Current Research Features and Existing Problems
2.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter Three Data and Methodology
3.1 Selection of Texts
3.1.1 Selection of Source Text
3.1.2 Selection of Chinese Versions
3.1.3 Selection of NT Text for Reference
3.2 Construction of ECPC-LotR
3.2.1 Construction of Monolingual Corpus
3.2.2 Corpus Size and Composition
3.2.3 Alignment of Source and Target Texts
3.3 Segmentation and POS Tagging of Chinese Texts
3.3.1 POS Tagging of English Texts
3.3.2 Monolingual and Parallel Concordancing
3.4 Methodological Issues in Research on and Interpretation of Connective Explicitation
3.4.1 Research Methods
3.4.2 Theoretical Basis for Interpretation to Research Results
3.5 Concluding Remarks
Chapter Four Data Analysis of LotR-CN Subcorpora
4.1 Research Question 1
4.1.1 Overall Statistics
4.1.2 Common Connectives
4.1.3 Distinctiveness
4.1.4 Summary of Findings for Research Question 1
4.2 Research Question 2
4.2.1 但 dan [but]
4.2.2 或 huo [or]
4.2.3 然后 ranhou [then]
4.2.4 接著 jiezhe Ethen]
4.2.5 以及 yiji [and]
4.2.6 Summary of Findings for Research Question 2
4.3 Research Question 3
4.3.1 但 dan [but]
4.3.2 或 huo [or]
4.3.3 然后ranhou [then]
4.3.4 接著jiezhe [then]
4.3.5 以及yiji [and]
4.3.6 Summary of Findings for Research Question 3
4.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter Five Data Analysis of LotR-TW Subcorpora
5.1 Research Question 1
5.1.1 Overall Statistics
5.1.2 Common Connectives
5.1.3 Distinctiveness
5.1.4 Summary of Findings for Research Question 1
5.2 Research Question 2
5.2.1 但 dan [but]
5.2.2 則 ze [and]
5.2.3 如果 ruguo [if]
5.2.4 或是 huoshi [or]
5.2.5 接著 jiezhe [then]
5.2.6 Summary of Findings for Research Question 2
5.3 Research Question 3
5.3.1 但 dan [but]
5.3.2 則 ze [and]
5.3.3 如果 ruguo [if]
5.3.4 或是 huoshi [or]
5.3.5 接著 jiezhe [then]
5.3.6 Summary of Findings for Research Question 3
5.4 Concluding Remarks
Chapter Six Conclusions
6.1 Major Findings of the Study
6.1.1 A Comparable Quantitative Analysis of Research Question 1
6.1.2 A Comparable Qualitative Analysis of Research Question 2
6.1.3 A Parallel Qualitative and Qualitative Analysis of Research Question 3
6.1.4 Summary of the Major Findings
6.2 Explanations for Exp|icitation in Translated Texts under Study
6.2.1 Field
6.2.2 Habitus
6.2.3 Capital
6.3 Implications of the Study
6.4 Limitations of the Study
6.5 Suggestions for Future Studies
Appendix
References
Acknowledgments