| Synopsis | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第12页 |
| ·Scope of the topic | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research methodology of the present author | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the present thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Usage and Usage Labeling Practice in Dictionaries | 第16-26页 |
| ·Usage studies:definitions and perspectives | 第16页 |
| ·Usage information in lexicography | 第16-19页 |
| ·Usage label | 第17-18页 |
| ·Usage note | 第18页 |
| ·Gloss | 第18-19页 |
| ·Illustrative examples | 第19页 |
| ·A Brief history of usage in lexicography | 第19-22页 |
| ·Two perspectives in English usage studies | 第22-23页 |
| ·Classifications of usage labels | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Case Studies of Usage Labels in Three Current Chinese-English Dictionaries | 第26-64页 |
| ·An examination of usage labels in the front matter | 第26-36页 |
| ·Usage label information in the front matter of CED | 第26-29页 |
| ·Usage label information in the front matter of NACED | 第29-30页 |
| ·Usage label information in the front matter of NCCED | 第30-32页 |
| ·Comparison of usage label information in the front matter | 第32-33页 |
| ·Labels analysis and comparison | 第33-36页 |
| ·A sample survey of usage labels in the microstructure | 第36-62页 |
| ·Sampling method | 第36-58页 |
| ·The first type of difference | 第58-59页 |
| ·The second type of difference | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Four Suggestions to Improve Usage Labeling practice in C-E Dictionaries | 第64-86页 |
| ·Macrostrueture | 第64-67页 |
| ·The introduction part | 第64-65页 |
| ·The special-designed category for usage labels | 第65-67页 |
| ·A quick reference | 第67页 |
| ·Microstrueture | 第67-84页 |
| ·Suggestions:which entry or sense to be labeled | 第68-82页 |
| ·Suggestions:temporal labels | 第68-71页 |
| ·Suggestions:regional labels | 第71-72页 |
| ·Suggestions:style labels | 第72-75页 |
| ·Suggestions:subject labels | 第75-82页 |
| ·How to label | 第82-84页 |
| ·The inconsistent labeling in different C-E dictionaries | 第82-83页 |
| ·The inconsistent labeling practice in the same dictionary | 第83-84页 |
| ·Summary | 第84-86页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第86-89页 |
| ·Major findings of this thesis | 第86-87页 |
| ·Limitations of this thesis | 第87-88页 |
| ·Suggestions to and improvements in usage labeling in C-E dictionaries | 第88-89页 |
| References | 第89-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92页 |
