| Declaration | 第1-3页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| List of Figures | 第6-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chaper One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Research Topic | 第10页 |
| ·Limitations of Current Study and Practice | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale of This Thesis' Research | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Polysemy | 第16-23页 |
| ·Polysemy and Monosemy | 第16-17页 |
| ·Some Terms that Need Distinguishing | 第17-19页 |
| ·Polysemy, Polyseme and Polysemous | 第17-18页 |
| ·Polysemy and Homograph | 第18页 |
| ·Sense and Meaning | 第18-19页 |
| ·Various Senses in a Polyseme and Their Differences | 第19-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Relevant Studies and Their Inspiration | 第23-30页 |
| ·Structuralistic Approach to Polysemy | 第23-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Polysemy | 第25-28页 |
| ·Family Resemblance and Category | 第25-26页 |
| ·Prototype | 第26页 |
| ·Metonymy and Metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·Enlightenment from Cognitive Approach | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Dictionary and Sense Ordering | 第30-39页 |
| ·Dictionary and Learner's Dictionary | 第30-33页 |
| ·Sense Ordering and the Emergence of Guidewords | 第33-39页 |
| ·Historical Order | 第34-35页 |
| ·Frequency Order | 第35-36页 |
| ·Logical Order | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Five Introduction of the Guidewords in CALD, Signposts in LDCE, Menus in MECD and Shortcuts in OALED | 第39-48页 |
| ·Signposts in LDCE | 第39-42页 |
| ·Menus in MECD | 第42-43页 |
| ·Shortcuts in OALED | 第43-45页 |
| ·Guidewords in CALD | 第45-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Six The Proposed Menu and Guidewords | 第48-66页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第48-56页 |
| ·Category and Prototype | 第48-49页 |
| ·Metonymy、Metaphor, Salience and the Path of Sense Extension | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Inspiration to Guideword's Establishment | 第54-56页 |
| ·A Comparison between the Guidewords Built with the Proposed Principles of this Thesis and Those in some major ESL Dictionaries | 第56-62页 |
| ·A test of Guidewords | 第62-66页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| ·Innovations of the Present Study | 第66-68页 |
| ·Limitations | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications for Further Study | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-75页 |
| Appendix: the Data from the Results of the Test | 第75-77页 |
