| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Objectives and Research Issues of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第17页 |
| ·Terminology | 第17-19页 |
| ·General Structure of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Note to Chapter one | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Significance and Problems | 第21-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Role of English Near-synonyms in English Learning | 第21-23页 |
| ·Role of CEDs in English Equivalents Discrimination | 第23-26页 |
| ·Current Situation and Problems from User's Perspective | 第26-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Relevant Studies | 第31-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·A Historical Overview of Relevant studies | 第31-36页 |
| ·Evaluation of Some Relevant Theories | 第31-32页 |
| ·Evaluation of Word Clusters | 第32-33页 |
| ·Evaluation of Previous Discrimination Criteria | 第33-35页 |
| ·Evaluation of Representations of Discriminative lnformation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Near-synonyms Discrimination in Existing Dictionaries | 第36-45页 |
| ·Views on the Necessity of Equivalents Discrimination BDs | 第36-37页 |
| ·Near-synonyms Discrimination in ECLDs | 第37-41页 |
| ·English Equivalents Discrimination in Domestic-oriented CEDs | 第41-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Theoretical Investigation | 第46-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·The Necessity of English Equivalents Discrimination in CEDs | 第46-47页 |
| ·Introduction to the Five Theories Employed in the Thesis | 第47-52页 |
| ·User's Perspective | 第48页 |
| ·Semantically Synonymous Field | 第48-49页 |
| ·Three Meta-functions of Meaning | 第49-50页 |
| ·Seven Types of Words Meaning | 第50-52页 |
| ·Prominence Principle | 第52页 |
| ·Application and Relationship of the Five Theories | 第52-54页 |
| ·Sixteen Discrimination Criteria | 第54-55页 |
| ·Relationship of Meaning Theories and Criteria | 第54页 |
| ·Sixteen Discrimination Criteria | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Proposed Model | 第56-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第56页 |
| ·Enlightment from Some Relevant Studies | 第56-58页 |
| ·Multi-dimensional Model for Equivalents Discrimination | 第58-59页 |
| ·Tentative Prototypical Discrimination Model | 第59页 |
| ·Significance | 第59-60页 |
| ·Application of the Multi-dimensional Discrimination Model | 第60-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第65页 |
| ·Summary of the Present Study | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Study | 第66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第66-68页 |
| References | 第68-72页 |
| Appendix A | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix B | 第74-76页 |
| Papers Published during 2008-2011 | 第76页 |
