沈莹著的《英语句法词汇及语篇的语料库研究》从英语句法复杂度、语篇连接词及语篇可读性语料库研究，词汇特征及语篇分析的语料库研究两个方面展开，最终呈现了对国内英语专业两大考试阅读文本的分析结果。比如，英语专四专八阅读文本在词汇多样性具有显著性差异，具体体现在实词和整体类符比上等，旨在为英语考试设计、英语教师及英语学习者选择或评判阅读材料提供参考。

沈莹，河南新郑人，博士，广西大学外国语学院教授。出版专著2部、教材1部；发表论文42篇，其中，北大核心和CSSCI5篇，CPCI—SSH（ISSHP）检索19篇。主持省部级项目2项、广西大学重点科研项目1项、广西大学2016年研究生优质课程建设项目1项。先后获得广西大学教学成果一等奖，广西大学优秀班主任、广西大学优秀学生就业指导教师及广西大学外国语学院英语专业本科优秀毕业论文指导教师称号。

Chapter One A Corpus-Paradigm Study of English Syntactic
Pattern Density and Contextural Features
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Research Background
1.1.2 Research Purpose
1.1.3 Research Significance
1.1.4 Overall Organization
1.2 Literature Review
1.2.1 Studies by Means of Coh-Metrix
1.2.2 Studies by Means of SWECCL 2
1.2.3 Studies on Connectives
1.2.4 Studies on Readability
1.2.5 Studies on Syntactic Pattern Density
1.2.6 Summary
1.3 Theoretical Framework
1.3.1 Corpus and Corpus Linguistics
1.3.2 Coh-Metrix and Its Working Mechanism
1.3.3 Argumentative Writing
1.3.4 Multidimensional Analysis
1.4 Research Methodology
1.4.1 Research Questions
1.4.2 Research Materials
1.4.3 Research Instruments
1.4.4 Research Procedures
1.5 Data Result and Discussion
1.5.1 Differences in High-Score and Low-Score Writings
1.5.2 Correlations Between Textual Features and Scores
1.5.3 Linear Regression Relationship Between Textual Features and Writing Quality
1.5.4 Summary
1.6 Conclusion
1.6.1 Major Findings
1.6.2 Implications of the Research
1.6.3 Limitations of the Research
1.6.4 Suggestions for Further Research
Chapter Two A Corpus-Based Study of English Lexicon and
Contextual Features
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Brief Introduction of TEM-4 and TEM
2.1.2 Aims, Significance and Organization of This Research
2.1.3 Research Questions
2.1.4 Summary
2.2 Literature Review
2.2.1 Reading Comprehension
2.2.2 Lexical Richness
2.2.3 Text Readability
2.2.4 Text Easability
2.2.5 Summary
2.3 Research Methodology
2.3.1 Research Object
2.3.2 Research Instruments
2.3.3 Summary
2.4 Analyses of Lexical Features
2.4.1 Results of Lexical Variation
2.4.2 Analyses of Word Frequency
2.5 Analyses of Contextual Features
2.5.1 Text Readability of Reading Texts of TEM-4 and TEM
2.5.2 Analyses of Text Easability's Principal Components
2.5.3 Summary
2.6 Findings and Conclusion
2.6.1 Research Findings
2.6.2 Discussion of Results
2.6.3 Suggestions Towards Text Assessment
2.6.4 Research Limitations
Bibliography
Appendix