| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-22页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Issues | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Research Focus, Difficulties and Innovations of the Present Study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology of the Present Study | 第19页 |
| 1.5 Orgnization of the Present Study | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON ENGLISH NOUNS’ NUMBER | 第22-32页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on English Nouns’ Classification | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on English Nouns’ Number | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of English Nouns’ Number | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on English Nouns’ Number Abroad | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Studies on English Nouns’ Number at Home | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 English Nouns’ Number in ELDs and ECLDs | 第30-31页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第31-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE ERROR ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH NOUNS’ NUMBERERRORS BY CHINESE INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS | 第32-44页 |
| 3.1 A Corpus-based Study on Chinese Intermediate EFL Learner’s Errors of Nouns’Number | 第32-37页 |
| 3.1.1 The Use of Corpus | 第32-33页 |
| 3.1.2 Extraction of Data | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2 Analysis of Chinese Intermediate EFL Learner’s Errors of Nouns’ Number | 第37-38页 |
| 3.3 Possible Causes of Nouns’ Number Errors by Chinese Intermediate EFL Learners | 第38-43页 |
| 3.3.1 Mother Tongue Interference | 第38-41页 |
| 3.3.2 Intralingual Interference | 第41-43页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第43-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PRESENTATION OF NOUNS’ NUMBER IN ELDS ANDINTERMEDIATE ECLDS | 第44-62页 |
| 4.1 Sample Words and Dictionaries Selected in the Present Study | 第44-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Sample Words | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.2 ELDs and Intermediate ECLDs selected in the Present Study | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2 Presentation of English Noun’s Number in ELDs | 第46-54页 |
| 4.2.1 Presentation of Collective Nouns’ Number | 第46-49页 |
| 4.2.2 Presentation of Material Nouns’ Number | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.3 Presentation of Abstract Nouns’ Number | 第51-53页 |
| 4.2.4 Ways of Presentation of Nouns’ Number in ELDs | 第53-54页 |
| 4.3 Presentation of English Nouns in Intermediate ECLDS | 第54-57页 |
| 4.4 Problems of Nouns’ Number Presentation in Intermediate ECLDs | 第57-60页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE OPTIMIZATION OF THE PRESENTATION OF NOUNS’NUMBER IN INTERMEDIATE ECLDS | 第62-72页 |
| 5.1 Noticing Hypothesis | 第62-64页 |
| 5.2 The Application of Noticing Hypothesis in the Presentation of Nouns’ Numberin Intermediate ECLDs | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3 Optimization of Nouns’ Number Presentation in Intermediate ECLDs | 第65-68页 |
| 5.3.1 Providing the Plural Form of Nouns | 第65-66页 |
| 5.3.2 Offering Example Sentences | 第66页 |
| 5.3.3 Setting Up Appropriate User-friendly Columns | 第66-67页 |
| 5.3.4 Giving Error Warning Notes | 第67页 |
| 5.3.5 Building the Cross Reference among the Nouns Featuring the Same Wayof Presenting Quantity or Counting Method | 第67-68页 |
| 5.4 The Optimized Presentation of English Nouns’ Number in Entry | 第68-70页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第70-72页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第72-76页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第72-73页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第73-76页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第76-84页 |
| APPENDIX | 第84-85页 |
