| Acnkowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第15页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research rationale | 第16-18页 |
| ·Need for production | 第16页 |
| ·Necessity of studying dictionary use | 第16页 |
| ·Necessity of studying thematic dictionaries | 第16-17页 |
| ·Necessity of studying the effectiveness of thesaurus | 第17页 |
| ·Necessity of an empirical study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Overview of relevant studies | 第18-19页 |
| ·Methodology | 第19页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Notes to Chapter 1 | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Thesaurus:An Onomosiological Dictionary | 第21-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Definition of thesaurus | 第21-24页 |
| ·Meaning of the term 'thesaurus' | 第22页 |
| ·Different views towards the definition of thesaurus | 第22-23页 |
| ·Comments and implication | 第23-24页 |
| ·Historical development of thesaurus | 第24-26页 |
| ·Development of Roget's thesaurus | 第24-25页 |
| ·Development of other thesauri | 第25-26页 |
| ·Typology of thesaurus | 第26-35页 |
| ·Significance of the typology of thesaurus | 第26-27页 |
| ·Xu Hai's typology | 第27-35页 |
| ·Comments and implications | 第35页 |
| ·Design features | 第35-39页 |
| ·Macrostructure of thesaurus | 第36-37页 |
| ·Microstructure of thesaurus | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39页 |
| Notes to Chapter 2 | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Thesaurus and Relevant Linguistic Theories | 第40-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·Semantic field | 第40-43页 |
| ·Brief introduction of semantic field | 第40-42页 |
| ·Semantic field and thesaurus | 第42-43页 |
| ·Comments and implication | 第43页 |
| ·Mental lexicon | 第43-49页 |
| ·Hierarchical network model | 第44-45页 |
| ·Spreading activation model | 第45-46页 |
| ·Improved spreading activation model | 第46-48页 |
| ·Mental lexicon and thesaurus | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Notes to Chapter 3 | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 4 A Comparative Study of Thesauri,Synonym Dictionaries and CEDs | 第51-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Comparison between the three dictionaries | 第51-57页 |
| ·Dictionary types of three dictionaries | 第52-53页 |
| ·Comparison of the functions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Comparison of learners' consulting aims | 第54-55页 |
| ·Coverage | 第55-56页 |
| ·Structure | 第56页 |
| ·Comments and implication | 第56-57页 |
| ·Empirical study:the comparison of the effectiveness between three types of dictionaries for production | 第57-68页 |
| ·Research questions | 第57页 |
| ·Participants | 第57-58页 |
| ·Training of the participants | 第58页 |
| ·Materials | 第58-59页 |
| ·Procedure | 第59-60页 |
| ·Scoring and analysis | 第60-61页 |
| ·Results | 第61-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Notes to Chapter 4 | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 5 Findings | 第70-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第70页 |
| ·Comparison between the usefulness of three dictionaries | 第70-71页 |
| ·Comparison of learners' preferences of dictionaries | 第71-72页 |
| ·Additional findings | 第72页 |
| ·An improved thesaurus model | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| ·Issues solved in the present study | 第73页 |
| ·Limitation of the present study | 第73-74页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第74-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-81页 |
| Papers published during 2005-2008 | 第81页 |
