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Contents (sample)

1. Overview

1.1 Interesting/Problematic English data

– Why is it (or are they) problematic or interesting to linguistics

1.2 Research Purpose and Necessity

– What is the purpose of this research and why is it so important in linguistics

1.3 Research Goal(s)

– What goal(s) do you want to achieve from this research

1.4Research Hypothesis

– Set up a set of hypotheses on which your explanation is based for the data

2. Critical literature Review

– Introduce a couple of previous linguistic theories or rules relevant to your data

– And reveal some problems for the theories or rules using the set of data in your hand

3. Research Methodology

– In addition to data collection, include description of study area/sites/subjects/ and a subsection on data analysis

4. Findings

– What interesting pattern(s)/output(s)/result(s) have you discovered from the data?

– What makes the data interesting or problematic for the existing/previous theories or rules?

– How can you explain/solve/analyze the data?

5. Discussion and Implication

– What area do you think your discovery will contribute to?

– How do you think you discovery can contribute to the area?

6. References

– Provide the whole list of materials you have referred to for the proposal/paper.