| ABSTRACT(English) | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT(Chinese) | 第8-10页 |
| ACKNOWLEGEMENTS | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF TABLES#ⅷ | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Motivations for the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Some important terms | 第14-16页 |
| ·An outline of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 A Review of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) Approach | 第17-32页 |
| ·Meaning variation across cultures and languages | 第17-18页 |
| ·Problems in dictionary definitions | 第18-21页 |
| ·The natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) approach to meaning | 第21-32页 |
| ·The main principles of the NSM approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·The current NSM model | 第23-25页 |
| ·Identification of semantic primes | 第25-27页 |
| ·The NSM syntax | 第27-28页 |
| ·Application of the NSM approach | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 3 Semantic Primes as Core Vocabulary | 第32-45页 |
| ·Traditional means to identify core vocabulary of a language | 第32-33页 |
| ·Universality of the semantic primes and simplicity of their exponents | 第33-42页 |
| ·Exponents of semantic primes in some native English speaker corpora | 第34-36页 |
| ·Exponents of semantic primes on lexical syllabus of early English teaching and learning | 第36-37页 |
| ·Exponents of semantic primes in some English learner corpora | 第37-38页 |
| ·Phraseme English exponents of the semantic primes in the English corpora | 第38-40页 |
| ·A summary of the search results | 第40-42页 |
| ·Limitations and implications of this corpus-based research | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 4 The NSM Approach and A Meaning-oriented Cross-cultural Lexical Teaching and Learning | 第45-73页 |
| ·What to know when learning a word | 第45-46页 |
| ·Explicating and understanding the modern Anglo-American concept freedom - a case study | 第46-66页 |
| ·The Anglo-American concept encoded in the modern English word freedom | 第47-52页 |
| ·Cross-cultural understanding of the English word freedom | 第52-57页 |
| ·Dictionary definitions of freedom from sth - a critical analysis | 第57-61页 |
| ·Testing cross-cultural understanding of the phrase freedom from sth | 第61-66页 |
| ·Discussion - room for improvement in lexical teaching and learning | 第66-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第79-81页 |
| Questionnaire Ⅰ | 第79-80页 |
| Questionnaire Ⅱ | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第81-82页 |
| Scores of questionnaire Ⅰ | 第81-82页 |
| Scores of questionnaire Ⅱ | 第82页 |
