| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Current situation of relevant researches | 第14-15页 |
| ·Current researches on learner's needs for encyclopedic information | 第14-15页 |
| ·Current researches on strategies of encyclopedic information inclusion | 第15页 |
| ·Existing insufficiencies | 第15页 |
| ·Objective of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第16-17页 |
| ·Methodology of the present study | 第16页 |
| ·Terminology of the present study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Data of the present study | 第17页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Word Meaning:Linguistic and Encyclopedic Information | 第19-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·Different types of dictionaries concerned | 第19-22页 |
| ·General dictionary and specialized dictionary | 第19-21页 |
| ·Language dictionary and pedagogical dictionary | 第21页 |
| ·Learner's dictionary | 第21-22页 |
| ·Encyclopedia and encyclopedic dictionary | 第22页 |
| ·Working definition of encyclopedic information | 第22-25页 |
| ·Encyclopedic entries | 第23-24页 |
| ·Encyclopedic information | 第24-25页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of Word Meaning | 第25-29页 |
| ·Semantic Triangle | 第25-26页 |
| ·Referential Theory(Denotational theory) | 第26-27页 |
| ·Necessary and Sufficient Conditions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Family Resemblance | 第28-29页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第29页 |
| ·Changing of word meaning | 第29-31页 |
| ·Conventionalization of word meaning | 第29-30页 |
| ·Patterns of word meaning change | 第30-31页 |
| ·Development of English vocabulary | 第31-34页 |
| ·Rapid developments of science and technology | 第32页 |
| ·Changes of society, economy, and politics | 第32页 |
| ·Influences from other cultures and languages | 第32-33页 |
| ·Modes of vocabulary development | 第33页 |
| ·Differences and similarities | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Encyclopedic Information in English Advanced Learner's Dictionary | 第35-47页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Significance | 第35-36页 |
| ·Relation of linguistic and encyclopedic information | 第36-37页 |
| ·The necessity to incorporate encyclopedic information into learner's dictionaries | 第37-40页 |
| ·Needs from dictionary market | 第37-38页 |
| ·Characteristics of native and foreign learners | 第38-39页 |
| ·Needs from learners | 第39-40页 |
| ·Encyclopedic information tradition in English learner's dictionary | 第40-42页 |
| ·Encyclopedic information treatment in dictionaries of British tradition | 第40-41页 |
| ·Encyclopedic information treatment in dictionaries of American tradition | 第41-42页 |
| ·An empirical study | 第42-46页 |
| ·Previous findings | 第42-43页 |
| ·Purposes of the empirical study | 第43页 |
| ·Design of the questionnaire | 第43页 |
| ·Selection of informants | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data analysis of the questionnaire | 第44-46页 |
| ·Implications of the questionnaire | 第46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Main Strategies Used for Encyclopedic Information Treatment in English Advanced Learner's Dictionaries | 第47-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第47页 |
| ·A Comparison of encyclopedic information treatment in the "Big Five" | 第47-51页 |
| ·Subject scope of encyclopedic information included in the"Big Five" | 第47-50页 |
| ·Cultural aspect of the encyclopedic information included in the "Big Five" | 第50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| ·Encyclopedic words in the "Big Five"——A Case study | 第51-53页 |
| ·Result of the comparison | 第51-52页 |
| ·A case study of selected encyclopedic entries | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter 5 A Proposed Model for Encyclopedic Information Treatment | 第55-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·Theories on Spreading Activation Model | 第55-57页 |
| ·Theory of Mental Lexicon" | 第55页 |
| ·Theory of Spreading Activation Model | 第55-57页 |
| ·A proposed model for encyclopedic information treatment | 第57-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Chief steps for the proposed model | 第58-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第65-69页 |
| ·Major findings | 第65页 |
| ·Implications of the present research | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research | 第66页 |
| ·Suggestions for furher research | 第66-69页 |
| 附录 | 第69-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-87页 |
| Papers Published During 2007-2010 | 第87-88页 |
