| Acknowledgement | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVATIONS | 第12-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Present Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Issues | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Conception and Methodology | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Significance and Focus of the Present Research | 第18-19页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON LEXICAL SEMANTIC RELATIONS AND PLACING VERBS | 第21-33页 |
| 2.1 Relevant Studies on Lexical Semantic Relations | 第21-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Researches of Paradigmatic Lexical Semantic Relations | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Researches of Syntagmatic Lexical Semantic Relations | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.3 Researches of Lexical Semantic Relations from Various Positions | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Relevant Studies on Placing Verbs | 第26-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Relevant Studies on English Placing Verbs | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Relevant Studies on Chinese Placing / Paced Verbs | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2.3 A Comparative Analysis of English and Chinese placing Verbs | 第30页 |
| 2.3 Remarks on Previous Studies | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE ONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF LEXICAL SEMANTIC RELATIONS OF ENGLISH PLACING VERBS BASED ON CONCEPTUAL FRAME | 第33-49页 |
| 3.1 Cognitive Functional Model and Conceptual Frame | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 The Conceptual Frame and Conceptual Structure of Placing Event and Its Alternations | 第35-43页 |
| 3.2.1 The Selection of the Object of Research | 第36页 |
| 3.2.2 The General Conceptual Content of placing Event and Specific Content of Alternations | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2.3 The Semantic and Syntactic Features of Alternations | 第38-43页 |
| 3.3 The conceptual Restraints and the Classification of placing Verbs | 第43-46页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第46-49页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF CHINESE LEARNERS’ USE OF PLACING VERBS | 第49-57页 |
| 4.1 Research Objectives | 第49-50页 |
| 4.2 Research Methodology | 第50-51页 |
| 4.3 The Use of Corpora for Research | 第51页 |
| 4.4 Research Results | 第51-55页 |
| 4.4.1 Overuse or Under-use of placing Verbs by Chinese EFL Learners | 第52-54页 |
| 4.4.2 Misuse of placing Verbs by Chinese EFL Learners | 第54-55页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE PROPOSITION OF NEW REPRESENTATION MODEL OF ENGLISH PLACING VERBS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF LM IN ECLDS | 第57-73页 |
| 5.1 The Types and Features of Lexical Semantic Relations in the Framework of Lexicography Mediostructure | 第57-60页 |
| 5.2 The Deficiencies of the Representation of placing Verbs in Current ECLDs and ELDs | 第60-66页 |
| 5.3 Optimization of the Representation of English placing Verbs in ECLDs | 第66-71页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第71-73页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第73-77页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第74页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for the Further Study | 第74-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-84页 |
| Dictionaries Cited | 第77-78页 |
| Other Publications | 第78-84页 |
