| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-25页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Research | 第15-18页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第18页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第18-19页 |
| ·Terminologies | 第19-22页 |
| ·Near-Synonyms and Absolute Synonyms | 第19-20页 |
| ·Clusters of Near-Synonyms | 第20-21页 |
| ·Synonymic Dominant or Core in a Cluster | 第21页 |
| ·The Setting of Near-Synonym Discrimination Boxes | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Access System for Near-synonyms in ECLDs | 第22页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第22-25页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES | 第25-39页 |
| ·The Definition of Near-synonyms | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Distinctions between Near-synonyms | 第27-30页 |
| ·The Clusters of Near-synonyms | 第30-32页 |
| ·Corpus-Based Study on Near-Synonym Discrimination | 第32-35页 |
| ·Presentation of Near-synonym Discrimination Information in Dictionarie | 第35-38页 |
| ·Implications | 第38-39页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第39-49页 |
| ·Theories Employed | 第39-45页 |
| ·Semantically Synonymous Field(SSF) | 第39-40页 |
| ·Prototype Theory(PT) | 第40-41页 |
| ·Seven Types of Meaning(STM) | 第41-43页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody(SP) | 第43-44页 |
| ·Prominence Principle(PP) | 第44页 |
| ·User Perspective(UP) | 第44-45页 |
| ·Application of the Theories | 第45-47页 |
| ·Implications | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS OF CURRENT PRACTICE | 第49-77页 |
| ·A Survey of the NSD Boxes in Big Five | 第50-69页 |
| ·The Evolution of the NSD Boxes in Big Five | 第50-54页 |
| ·The Range of Clusters in the NSD Boxes in Big Five | 第54-57页 |
| ·Case Study on the Discrimination Information in the NSD Boxes | 第57-67页 |
| ·The Access System for the Near-synonyms in Big Five | 第67-69页 |
| ·A Survey of the NSD Boxes in EDLC | 第69-75页 |
| ·The Range of Clusters in the NSD Boxes in EDLC | 第69-72页 |
| ·Case Study of the Discrimination Information in EDLC | 第72-74页 |
| ·The Access System for Near-synonyms in EDLC | 第74-75页 |
| ·Implications | 第75-77页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CORPUS-BASED APPROACH TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE SETTING OF THE NSB BOXES IN ECLDs | 第77-93页 |
| ·The Corpora and Tools Utilized | 第77-79页 |
| ·The Corpora Explored | 第77-78页 |
| ·The Supporting Tools | 第78-79页 |
| ·The Clusters to Be Investigated | 第79-80页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第80页 |
| ·Corpus-based Approach to the Determination of the Range of Clusters | 第80-83页 |
| ·Corpus-based Approach to the Discrimination of Near-synonyms | 第83-90页 |
| ·Analysis of the Near-synonyms in the Clusters of Thin in BNC | 第84-87页 |
| ·Analysis of the Near-synonyms in the Cluster of Result in BNC | 第87-89页 |
| ·Analysis of the Near-synonyms in the Cluster of Cause in BNC | 第89-90页 |
| ·Integration of the Findings into the NSD Boxes in ECLDs | 第90-93页 |
| CHAPTER SIX TENTATIVE SUGGESTIONS AND MODEL FOR THE SETTING OF THE NSD BOXES IN ECLDs | 第93-105页 |
| ·Tentative Suggestions | 第93-98页 |
| ·The Range of Clusters in the NSD Boxes | 第93-94页 |
| ·Multi-dimensional Discrimination of the Near-synonyms | 第94-96页 |
| ·The Access System for the Near-synonyms in the NSD Boxes | 第96-98页 |
| ·Tentative Models | 第98-103页 |
| ·A Tentative Model for the NSD Boxes in ECLDs | 第98-103页 |
| ·A Tentative Model for the External Access System of the Near-synonyms | 第103页 |
| ·Implications | 第103-105页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第105-109页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第105-106页 |
| ·Contributions and Innovations of the Present Study | 第106-107页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第107-109页 |
| REFERENCES | 第109-123页 |
| APPENDICES | 第123-131页 |
| 在校期间发表论文清单 | 第131页 |
