| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第12-16页 |
| ·Importance of Learner’s Dictionary for Language Learning | 第12-13页 |
| ·Importance of Definition in Learner’s Dictionary | 第13页 |
| ·Importance of Pictorial Illustration in Learner’s Dictionary | 第13-15页 |
| ·Multimedia Learning and Learner’s Dictionary | 第15-16页 |
| ·Multimodal Definition Study in Learner’s Dictionary | 第16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-32页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Dictionary Definition | 第19-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Pictorial Illustrations in Dictionary | 第22-28页 |
| ·Classifications of Pictorial Illustration | 第23-26页 |
| ·Functions of Pictorial Illustration | 第26-28页 |
| ·Studies on Words to be Illustrated | 第28页 |
| ·Previous Study on Multimodal Learner’s Dictionary | 第28-30页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Studies | 第30-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第32-38页 |
| ·Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第32-35页 |
| ·Definition of Multimodal Discourse and Multimodal Discourse Analysis | 第32页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第32-33页 |
| ·Image-Text Relations in Multimodal Discourse | 第33-35页 |
| ·Existing Studies from the Multimodal Perspective | 第35-36页 |
| ·Application of Multimodal Analysis to Lexicography | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第38-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-40页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-68页 |
| ·Introduction | 第42页 |
| ·Statistical Results | 第42-44页 |
| ·Discussion of the Illustration Treatment in ELDs | 第44-52页 |
| ·Discussion of Lemma with Pictorial Illustrations in ELDs | 第44-47页 |
| ·Discussion of the Difference of Illustrated Words In ELDs | 第47-52页 |
| ·Relations Between Image and Lemma | 第52-60页 |
| ·Image-Lemma Relations in OALD8 | 第52-57页 |
| ·Image-Lemma Relations in LDOCE4 | 第57-58页 |
| ·Image-Lemma Relations in CIDE | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-60页 |
| ·Relations Between Word Definition and Pictorial Illustration | 第60-62页 |
| ·Multimodal Definition Modes in ELDs | 第62-66页 |
| ·Summary | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第70-72页 |
| References | 第72-77页 |
