| Chapter One: An Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| 1．1． Importance of examples in bilingual learner's dictionaries | 第8-9页 |
| 1．2． Importance of verbs in English grammar | 第9-10页 |
| 1．3． Current researches in exemplification | 第10-14页 |
| 1．4． Problems arising from the use of two kinds of LDs in China | 第14-17页 |
| 1．5． General framework of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two: Problems in Verb Exemplification in Chinese BLDs | 第19-32页 |
| 2．1． An Overview of BLDs made by Chinese Lexicographers | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2． Major defects of verb examples in Chinese BLDs | 第20-30页 |
| 2．2．1． Failure to fulfill the functions of examples | 第21-27页 |
| 2．2．1．a． Failure to supplement the meaning of equivalent | 第22-23页 |
| 2．2．1．b． Failure to distinguish between related meanings | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2．1．c． Failure to illustrate typical grammatical patterns | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2．1．d． Failure to indicate typical verb collocations | 第25-27页 |
| 2．2．2． redundant examples | 第27-29页 |
| 2．2．3． No examples to show learners' difficulties in learning verbs | 第29-30页 |
| 2．3． Summary of Chapter 2 | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three: Valency Theory and General Exemplification | 第32-45页 |
| 3．1． Valency theory: theoretical basis of verb exemplification | 第32-34页 |
| 3．2． Valency theory: useful tool for the presentation of verb patterns | 第34-40页 |
| 3．2．1． Division of sentence elements according to valency theory | 第35-36页 |
| 3．2．2． Implication of this division to lexicographic exemplification | 第36-38页 |
| 3．2．3． Valency description of English verbs | 第38-40页 |
| 3．3． Valency description and verb exemplification in BLDs | 第40-44页 |
| 3．4． Summary of Chapter 3 | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four: Learner Corpora And Verb Exemplification | 第45-59页 |
| 4．1． Introduction | 第45-48页 |
| 4．2． Significance of using learner corpora in verb exemplification | 第48-49页 |
| 4．3． Analysis of verb errors based on learner corpus | 第49-52页 |
| 4．3．1． Two kinds of classification of errors in verbs | 第49-50页 |
| 4．3．2． Procedures of verb error analysis based on learner corpora | 第50-52页 |
| 4．4． Integrating error information into verb exemplification | 第52-56页 |
| 4．4．1． Errors in valency structures | 第52-54页 |
| 4．4．2． Errors in verb meanings | 第54-55页 |
| 4．4．3． Errors in verb tense | 第55-56页 |
| 4．5． A linguistic test on effect of counter-examples in learners' translation | 第56-58页 |
| 4．6． Summary of Chapter 4 | 第58-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix | 第64-40页 |
| List of Tables in the Thesis | 第40-67页 |
| Table 1: three values of [C] | 第40-51页 |
| Table 2: frequency list of basic verbs | 第51页 |
| Table 3: list of error patterns of basic verbs | 第51-56页 |
| Table 4: number of full marks in Group 1 | 第56页 |
| Table 5: number of full marks in Group 2 | 第56-57页 |
| Table 6: analysis of students' verb errors in Group 1 | 第57页 |
| Table 7: analysis of students' verb errors in Group 2 | 第57-67页 |
