| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第3-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| CONTENTS | 第6-9页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第9-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF SAMPLES | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Objectives | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4.1 Corpora: the CLEC, BNC, and SWECCL | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4.2 Analysis Tools: Antconc and Sketch Engine | 第17页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第19页 |
| 2.2 Concept of Confusing Adjectives | 第19-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Properties of Adjectives | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Confusability in Morphology | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2.3 Confusability in Semantic Network | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Representation of Confusing Adjectives’ Information in Dictionaries | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4 Sources of Confusability | 第24-25页 |
| 2.4.1 Interlingual Interference | 第24页 |
| 2.4.2 Intralingual Interference | 第24-25页 |
| 2.5 The Range of Confusing Adjectives | 第25-26页 |
| 2.6 Implications | 第26-27页 |
| CHAPTER THREE A CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF ERRORS CONCERNING CONFUSING ADJECTIVES | 第27-39页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第27页 |
| 3.2 The Range of the Data Identified | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Identifying Types of Typical Errors from Interlingual Perspective | 第28-31页 |
| 3.3.1 Semantic Interlingual Interference: Inappropriate Ajectives Used as Pre-modifiers | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3.2 Syntactic Interlingual Interference: False Component Set Phrases or Collocations | 第29-31页 |
| 3.4 Identifying Errors from Intralingual Perspective | 第31-37页 |
| 3.4.1 Semantic Intralingual Interference | 第31-34页 |
| 3.4.2 Syntactic Intralingual Interference | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4.3 Morphological Intralingual Interference | 第35-37页 |
| 3.5 Implications | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE USAGE NOTES AND TIPS FOR CONFUSING ADJECTIVES IN TYPICAL EXSITING EFL DICTIONARIES | 第39-61页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第39页 |
| 4.2 The Overview of the EFL Dictionaries Involved in the Present Study | 第39-40页 |
| 4.3 Representation of Confusing Adjectives’ Information in “Big Three” | 第40-55页 |
| 4.3.1 The Strong Points of “Big Three” | 第40-48页 |
| 4.3.2 The Weak Points of “Big Three” | 第48-55页 |
| 4.4 The Practice of EDLC Concerning Confusing Adjectives | 第55-58页 |
| 4.4.1 Lack of Illustrative Collocations Concerning Confusing Adjectives | 第55-57页 |
| 4.4.2 Lack of Warning Notes Concerning Confusing Adjectives | 第57页 |
| 4.4.3 Inadequate Morphological Information Concerning Confusing Adjectives | 第57-58页 |
| 4.5 Implications | 第58-61页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE OPTIMIZING THE CONFIGURATION OF USAGE TIPS FOR CONFUSING ADJECTIVES IN ECLDS | 第61-73页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第61页 |
| 5.2 Meaning-driven Multidimensional Definition Theory (MMDT) | 第61-63页 |
| 5.3 Multidimensional Model for Optimizing the Configuration of Usage Tips | 第63-64页 |
| 5.4 Operational Layout for Optimizing the Configuration of Usage Tips | 第64-66页 |
| 5.5 The Expected Examples Concerning Confusing Adjectives in ECLDs | 第66-71页 |
| 5.5.1 The Usage Tips Concerning Morphological Meaning and Semantic Network | 第66-67页 |
| 5.5.2 The Inclusion of Confusing Adjectives in Separate Boxes | 第67-69页 |
| 5.5.3 Providing Notes to Remind Chinese EFL Learners | 第69-70页 |
| 5.5.4 Cross-reference | 第70-71页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第71-73页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第73-77页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| 6.2 Innovations of the Present Study | 第74页 |
| 6.3 Implications of the Present Study | 第74-75页 |
| 6.4 Limitations of the Present Study | 第75页 |
| 6.4.1 Data Inadequacy of the Corpora | 第75页 |
| 6.4.2 The Unavoidable Subjective Analysis of the Case Study | 第75页 |
| 6.5 Suggestions for Further Study | 第75-77页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第77-85页 |
| APPENDICES | 第85-90页 |
| Appendix A Salient concordance of nervous in Word Sketch | 第85-87页 |
| Appendix B Salient concordance of afraid in Word Sketch | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix C Salient concordance of senseless in Word Sketch | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix D Confusing adjectives for further reference | 第90页 |
