| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVATIONS | 第13-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-22页 |
| 1.1 Rationale for the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Research Objective and Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Significance of the Research | 第19页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON CATEGORICAL DEFINITIONAND ON COMMUNICATION VERBS | 第22-34页 |
| 2.1 Cognitive Orientation in Lexicographic Definition | 第22-27页 |
| 2.1.1 The Establishment and Development of the Prototype Category | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 The Application of the Prototype Theory to Lexicography | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.3 The Present Status of the Theoretical Study on Categorization-BasedDefinition | 第24-26页 |
| 2.1.4 The Present Status of the Practical Application of Categorization inLexicographic Definition | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Relevant Studies on Communication Verbs | 第27-31页 |
| 2.2.1 The Definition of Communication Verbs | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 The Categorical Study on Communication Verbs | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.3 Contrastive Analysis of Communication Verbs between Chinese andEnglish | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3 A Brief Summary and the Inspiration of the Relevant Studies | 第31-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE PROTOTYPICAL AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OFCOMMUNICATION VERBS | 第34-48页 |
| 3.1 The Division of Semantic Categories of Communication Verbs | 第34-37页 |
| 3.2 Selection of the Object of Study | 第37-42页 |
| 3.3 Prototypical Features and Distinctive Features of Each Category ofCommunication Verbs | 第42-48页 |
| 3.3.1 Prototypical Features and Distinctive Features of the Manner Category | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.2 Prototypical Features and Distinctive Features the Emotion Category | 第45-46页 |
| 3.3.3 Prototypical Features and Distinctive Features the Purpose Category | 第46页 |
| 3.3.4 Prototypical Features and Distinctive Features the Direction, Contentand the Effect Category | 第46-47页 |
| 3.3.5 Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF CHINESE LEARNERS’USE OF COMMUNICATION VERBS | 第48-58页 |
| 4.1 Research Methods and Procedures | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.1 Introduction to the Corpora Used in the Present Study | 第48-49页 |
| 4.1.2 Research Objectives | 第49-50页 |
| 4.1.3 Data Processing and Analysis | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Characteristics of Learners’ Use of Communication Verbs | 第51-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Characteristics of Learners’ Use of the Manner Category ofCommunication Verbs | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2.2 Characteristics of Learners’ Use of the Purpose Category ofCommunication Verbs | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2.3 Characteristics of Learners’ Use of the Emotion Category ofCommunication Verbs | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THE DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNICATION VERBS INCURRENT ELDS | 第58-68页 |
| 5.1 Current Presentation of Communication Verbs in English Learner’sDictionaries | 第58-65页 |
| 5.1.1 Problems of the Definitions of the Manner Category CommunicationVerbs | 第59-60页 |
| 5.1.2 Problems of the Definitions of the Purpose Category CommunicationVerbs | 第60-62页 |
| 5.1.3 Problems of the Definitions of the Emotion Category CommunicationVerbs | 第62-64页 |
| 5.1.4 Problems of the Definitions of Other Categories of CommunicationVerbs | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2 The Demerits in Current Dictionaries Concerning the Definitions ofCommunication Verbs | 第65-68页 |
| CHAPTER SIX A NEW DEFINITION MODEL FOR COMMUNICATIONVERBS | 第68-78页 |
| 6.1 Theoretical Framework for the New Definition Model | 第68-69页 |
| 6.2 Principles for the Multi-dimensional Definition Model Based onCategorization | 第69-70页 |
| 6.3 The Construction of the Multi-dimensional Definition Model forCommunication Verbs Based on Categorization | 第70-72页 |
| 6.3.1 The Definition Constituents | 第70-71页 |
| 6.3.2 The Definition Form | 第71-72页 |
| 6.4 Definition Models for Communication Verbs of Different Categories | 第72-76页 |
| 6.4.1 Model Entries of the Manner Category Verbs | 第72-73页 |
| 6.4.2 Model Entries of the Purpose Category Verbs | 第73-74页 |
| 6.4.3 Model Entries of the Emotion Category Verbs | 第74页 |
| 6.4.4 Model Entries of Communications Verbs of Other Categories | 第74-76页 |
| 6.5 Validation of the Categorical Definition Model for Communication Verbs | 第76-78页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第78-80页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第78-79页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第79页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第79-80页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第80-94页 |
| APPENDICES | 第94-104页 |
