| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第14-15页 |
| CHPATER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON ADJECTIVE COLLOCATIONS | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1 Collocations | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Collocation Acquisition in SLA | 第21页 |
| 2.3 Representation of Adjective Collocations in ELDs and ECLDs | 第21-23页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A CORPUS-BASED STUDY ON CHINESE EFL LEARNERS' ADJECTIVE COLLOCATION ERRORS | 第25-39页 |
| 3.1 Corpora in the Present Study | 第25-26页 |
| 3.2 Error Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis | 第27-28页 |
| 3.4 Error Analysis in the Present Study | 第28-37页 |
| 3.4.1 Transfer of Mother Tongue | 第29-33页 |
| 3.4.2 Communication Strategy-based Errors | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4.3 Overuse of Adjectives | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4.4 Literal Translation | 第35-37页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DEFICIENCIES IN THE REPRESENTATION OF ADJECTIVE COLLOCATIONS IN EFL DICTIONARIES | 第39-59页 |
| 4.1 An Introduction of the EFL Dictionaries in the Present Study | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 Unsatisfactory Coverage in English-English Learners' Dictionaries | 第40-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Representation of Lexical Adjective Collocations | 第40-44页 |
| 4.2.2 Representation of Synonymous Adjectives | 第44-50页 |
| 4.2.3 Representation of the Overused Adjectives | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 Unsatisfactory Arrangement in English-Chinese Learners' Dictionaries | 第51-56页 |
| 4.3.1 Insufficient Coverage of Collocations | 第51-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Representation of Synonym Discrimination | 第53-56页 |
| 4.3.3 Treatment of Overused Adjectives | 第56页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS:MEANING-DRIVEN MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEFINITION AND NOTICING HYPOTHESIS | 第59-63页 |
| 5.1 Meaning-driven Multidimensional Definition | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2 Noticing Hypothesis | 第61-62页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZATION OF AJECTIVE COLLCATIONS IN ECLDs | 第63-69页 |
| 6.1 Optimization of Adjective Information in ECLDs | 第63-68页 |
| 6.1.1. More Typical Illustrative Examples | 第63-64页 |
| 6.1.2 Discrimination Sections | 第64-65页 |
| 6.1.3 Error Warning Notes | 第65-66页 |
| 6.1.4 Other Expressions of the Overused Words | 第66-68页 |
| 6.2 Summary | 第68-69页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第69-73页 |
| 7.1 Findings of the Present Study | 第69-70页 |
| 7.2 Innovations of the Present Study | 第70页 |
| 7.3 Implications of the Present Study | 第70页 |
| 7.4 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第70-73页 |
| BIBLIORAGPHY | 第73-81页 |
| APPENDICES | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix A Concordances of Adjective Collocations in Corpora | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix A-1 Concordances of economic construction in enTenTen12 | 第81页 |
| Appendix A-2 Concordances of economic buildings BNC | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix B Salient Collocates in Word Sketch | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix B-1 Salient Noun Collocattes of experience in enTenTen12 | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix B-2 Salient Noun Collocates of wholesome in enTenTen12 | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix B-3 Salient Noun Collocates of healthy in BNC | 第84页 |
