| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Table of Contents | 第7-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research significance | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 L.terature Review | 第14-35页 |
| ·Contronymy as a special case of polysemy | 第14-22页 |
| ·Studies on polysemy | 第14-16页 |
| ·The phenomenon of contronymy | 第16-18页 |
| ·Terminological variations ofcontronyms | 第16-18页 |
| ·Definition of contronymy | 第18页 |
| ·Previous studies on contronymy | 第18-22页 |
| ·The issue of prosentation in dictionaries | 第22-28页 |
| ·Dictionary representation of sense relations | 第22-23页 |
| ·Dictionary presentation: microstructure | 第23-24页 |
| ·Dictionary presentation: Sense | 第24-25页 |
| ·Dictionary presentation: Sense ordering | 第25-28页 |
| ·Historical ordering | 第26页 |
| ·Logical ordering | 第26-27页 |
| ·Frequency ordering | 第27-28页 |
| ·A communicative approach to lexicography | 第28-33页 |
| ·The conceptualization of the communicative approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·General principles of the communicative approach | 第30-32页 |
| ·Descriptive principle | 第30-32页 |
| ·Linguistic principle | 第32页 |
| ·Structural principle | 第32页 |
| ·Relevance principle and aesthetic principle | 第32页 |
| ·The communicative approach on Sense and sense ordering(Microstructure) | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第35-39页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35页 |
| ·Selection of dictionaries | 第35-38页 |
| ·Collection of contronyms | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第39-56页 |
| ·Results and general discussion | 第39-47页 |
| ·Results and general discussion of data from unabridged native speaker dictionaries | 第39-43页 |
| ·Results and general discussion of data from W3 | 第39-41页 |
| ·Results and general discussion of data from OED | 第41-43页 |
| ·Results and general discussion of data from semi-unabridged native speaker dictionaries | 第43-45页 |
| ·Results and general discussion of data from learner's dictionaries | 第45-47页 |
| ·Summary of problems detected | 第47-51页 |
| ·Presentational problem concerning senses of the contronyms:Incomplete senses | 第47-49页 |
| ·Presentational problems concerning sense ordering of contronyms | 第49-51页 |
| ·An analysis based on the communicative approach | 第51-56页 |
| ·A communicative approach to the problems concerning senses | 第51-53页 |
| ·A communicative approach to the problems concerning sense ordering | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| ·General conclusions | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations and implication for future studies | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-62页 |
