| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第6-7页 |
| List of Figures/Tables | 第7-8页 |
| List of Conventions | 第8-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Objectives of the research | 第14页 |
| ·Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Motivation | 第15-18页 |
| ·The status quo: EFL dictionaries for Chinese learners | 第15-17页 |
| ·Advantages and disadvantages of UK EFL dictionaries | 第15-16页 |
| ·Problems with current E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第16-17页 |
| ·Proposed procedures in incorporating usage information in E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第17-18页 |
| ·Structure of this thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Significance of Usage in Present Research | 第19-29页 |
| ·Significance of usage in language | 第19-22页 |
| ·Usage being an integral part of language | 第19页 |
| ·Usage dominating language use | 第19-20页 |
| ·Usage over grammar | 第20-22页 |
| ·Significance of usage in EFL lexical learning | 第22-25页 |
| ·Usage in linguistic information | 第22-23页 |
| ·Usage in pragmatic information | 第23-25页 |
| ·Significance of usage in E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第25-27页 |
| ·Advantages of E-C pedagogical dictionaries in usage description | 第25页 |
| ·Usage description being an indispensable feature of E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Delimiting Usage in E-C Pedagogical Dictionaries | 第29-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29页 |
| ·Different perceptions of usage information in dictionaries | 第29-33页 |
| ·Review of the perception of the content of usage information | 第29-31页 |
| ·Analysis of the different perceptions of the content of usage information | 第31-33页 |
| ·On the perspective of English natives | 第31-32页 |
| ·On the perspective of non-natives of English | 第32-33页 |
| ·Presentation of usage information in different types of dictionaries | 第33-36页 |
| ·In usage dictionaries for English natives | 第33页 |
| ·In UK EFL dictionaries | 第33-34页 |
| ·In E-J pedagogical dictionaries | 第34-35页 |
| ·In current E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第35-36页 |
| ·Empirical study of usage information in dictionaries entries | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 The treatment of usage in existing EFL dictionaries | 第40-56页 |
| ·Overview | 第40-41页 |
| ·Usage information in EFL dictionaries published in the UK | 第41-49页 |
| ·Content of usage | 第42-46页 |
| ·Linguistic information | 第42-44页 |
| ·Pragmatic information | 第44-46页 |
| ·Presentation of usage information | 第46-47页 |
| ·Insufficiency and suggestions for improvement | 第47-49页 |
| ·Usage in E-J pedagogical dictionaries | 第49-51页 |
| ·Features of the treatment of usage | 第49-51页 |
| ·Insufficiency of E-J pedagogical dictionaries | 第51页 |
| ·Usage in present E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第51-53页 |
| ·Characteristics in the treatment of usage information | 第51-52页 |
| ·Defects in current E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第52-53页 |
| ·Capitalizing on the existing EFL dictionaries | 第53-56页 |
| ·Learning from E-J pedagogical dictionaries | 第54页 |
| ·Learning from EFL dictionaries published in the UK | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Including Specific Usage in E-C Pedagogical Dictionaries | 第56-62页 |
| ·Overview | 第56页 |
| ·Locating usage problems for Chinese EFL learners | 第56-78页 |
| ·What is Error Analysis? | 第56-57页 |
| ·Error analysis of Chinese learners' usage performance | 第57-78页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第78页 |
| ·Significance of Error Analysis in EFL lexicography | 第78页 |
| ·Implications of Error Analysis for lexicography | 第78-62页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Major findings | 第63-65页 |
| ·Usage in E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第63页 |
| ·Chinese learners' problems with usage | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions for the incorporation of usage in E-C pedagogical dictionaries | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and suggestions for further research | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Ⅰ Dictionaries Cited | 第68-69页 |
| Ⅱ Other Publications | 第69-71页 |
