| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第13-15页 |
| ·The role of collocation in language learning | 第13-14页 |
| ·A dynamic perspective on collocation development | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第15页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Definitions of collocation | 第17-20页 |
| ·Defining collocation from frequency-based and phraseological perspectives | 第17-20页 |
| ·Working definition of collocation in this study | 第20页 |
| ·Classifications of collocation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Free combinations, restricted collocations and idioms | 第20-21页 |
| ·Lexical collocations and grammatical collocations | 第21页 |
| ·Categories of verb + noun collocations | 第21-22页 |
| ·What is DST? | 第22-24页 |
| ·Features of DST | 第24-28页 |
| ·Complex and nonlinear | 第24-25页 |
| ·Chaotic and unpredictable | 第25页 |
| ·Sensitive to initial conditions | 第25页 |
| ·Feedback sensitive and iterative growth | 第25-26页 |
| ·Attractor states and repeller states | 第26页 |
| ·Self-organization and emergence | 第26-27页 |
| ·Variation | 第27-28页 |
| ·A dynamic perspective in L2 vocabulary development | 第28-30页 |
| ·A dynamic perspective in some classic studies | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第33-40页 |
| ·The subject | 第33页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第33-34页 |
| ·Data analysis procedure | 第34-40页 |
| ·Criteria of defining verb + noun collocations | 第34-35页 |
| ·Process of defining collocations | 第35-36页 |
| ·Indexes of collocation development investigation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Variable analysis | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analytical and documental tools | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第40-59页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis | 第40-48页 |
| ·The developmental pattern of collocation | 第41-45页 |
| ·The relationships between collocation and variables | 第45-48页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第48-58页 |
| ·Erroneous combination analysis | 第48-52页 |
| ·Analysis of combinations that need further investigation | 第52-58页 |
| ·Summary of this chapter | 第58-59页 |
| Chapter Five Discussions | 第59-68页 |
| ·The developmental pattern of collocation | 第59-60页 |
| ·Variables that influence collocation development | 第60-63页 |
| ·Intralingual factors | 第60-61页 |
| ·Feedback | 第61页 |
| ·L1 and L2 transfer | 第61-62页 |
| ·Other variables | 第62-63页 |
| ·More characteristics of the subject’s collocation application | 第63页 |
| ·Pedagogic implications | 第63-68页 |
| ·The “AWARE”approach | 第64-65页 |
| ·Collocation learning strategies | 第65-66页 |
| ·Some assumptions | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第68-71页 |
| ·Major findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·limitations | 第69-71页 |
| References | 第71-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
