| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Figures | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Rationale for the present research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of relevant studies | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第16页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Definition and typology of lexical collocations | 第20-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第20页 |
| ·Defining lexical collocations | 第20-33页 |
| ·A continuum of word combinations | 第21-28页 |
| ·Howarth's continuum model of word combinations | 第22-23页 |
| ·Collocations vs. idioms | 第23-24页 |
| ·Restricted collocations vs. free collocations | 第24-28页 |
| ·Lexical collocations vs. grammatical collocations | 第28-29页 |
| ·Base vs. collocator | 第29-32页 |
| ·Working definition of lexical collocations | 第32-33页 |
| ·Typology of lexical collocations | 第33-37页 |
| ·Register | 第33-35页 |
| ·Specialized sense of collocators | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Advanced Chinese EFL learners' reference needs for lexical collocations | 第38-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38-39页 |
| ·Assessing the lexical collocational competence of advanced Chinese EFL learners | 第39-61页 |
| ·Lexical collocational range vs. lexical collocational error | 第39-42页 |
| ·The open-choice principle vs. the idiom principle | 第42-46页 |
| ·Semantic prosody vs. lexical collocation | 第46-61页 |
| ·Semantic preference vs. semantic prosody | 第47-50页 |
| ·Favorable, unfavorable or mixed semantic prosody | 第50-61页 |
| ·Case 1: achieve (vt.) | 第50-54页 |
| ·Case 2: commit (vt.) | 第54-57页 |
| ·Case 3: mood (n.) | 第57-61页 |
| ·Identifying advanced Chinese EFL learners' reference needs for lexical collocations | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 4 Efficient representation of lexical collocations in the existing EFL dictionaries | 第64-85页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64页 |
| ·Learning from three ELDs | 第64-74页 |
| ·Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 6th edition, 2002 | 第64-66页 |
| ·Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 4th edition, 2004 | 第66-69页 |
| ·Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners, 2002 | 第69-74页 |
| ·Learning from one collocational dictionary | 第74-79页 |
| ·Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, 2002 | 第74-79页 |
| ·Strengths and weaknesses of the existing ECLDs | 第79-84页 |
| ·A Multi-Functional English-Chinese Dictionary, 1997 | 第80-82页 |
| ·A Modern English-Chinese Dictionary, 2002 | 第82-83页 |
| ·The New Century Multi-functional English-Chinese Dictionary, 2003 | 第83-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-85页 |
| Chapter 5 An operational model of presenting lexical collocations in general ECLDs | 第85-93页 |
| ·Introduction | 第85页 |
| ·An operational model of representation | 第85-92页 |
| ·Restricted collocability in Chinese equivalents | 第85-86页 |
| ·Semantic prosody highlighted | 第86-87页 |
| ·Syntactic features in illustrative examples | 第87-88页 |
| ·Stylistic features in register labels | 第88-89页 |
| ·Base-oriented lexical collocation boxes | 第89页 |
| ·Lexical collocational error warning notes | 第89-92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-93页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第93-97页 |
| ·A survey of the present study | 第93-94页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第94-95页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第95-96页 |
| ·Suggestions for the further study | 第96-97页 |
| Appendix 2-1 Salient noun collocates of 'blow' in Word Sketch | 第97-98页 |
| Appendix 2-2 Salient noun collocates of 'buy' in Word Sketch | 第98-99页 |
| Appendix 3-1 Salient noun collocates of 'achieve' in Word Sketch | 第99-101页 |
| Appendix 3-2 Salient noun collocates of 'commit' in Word Sketch | 第101-102页 |
| Appendix 3-3 Salient noun and adjective collocates of 'mood' in Word Sketch | 第102-103页 |
| Appendix 4-1 Salient adverb collocates of 'disappointed' in Word Sketch | 第103-104页 |
| Appendix 4-2 Salient verb and adjective collocates of 'defeat' in Word Sketch | 第104-105页 |
| Appendix 4-3 Salient verb and adjective collocates of 'challenge' in Word Sketch | 第105-106页 |
| Appendix 4-4 Salient adverb collocates of 'improve' in Word Sketch | 第106-107页 |
| Appendix 4-5 Salient adverb collocates of 'unaware' in Word Sketch | 第107页 |
| Appendix 4-6 Salient noun collocates of 'pose' in Word Sketch | 第107-108页 |
| Appendix 4-7 Salient noun collocates of 'detailed' in Word Sketch | 第108-109页 |
| Appendix 4-8 Salient noun collocates of 'utter' in Word Sketch | 第109-110页 |
| Appendix 4-9 Salient verb and adjective collocates of 'knowledge' in Word Sketch | 第110-111页 |
| Appendix 5-1 Register labels for lexical collocations in a general ECLD | 第111-112页 |
| References | 第112-116页 |
| I Dictionaries cited | 第112-113页 |
| II. Other publications | 第113-116页 |
