| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and significance of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 The procedures of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Outline of the thesis | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies of WSD | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Studies of WSD abroad | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Studies of WSD at home | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of applications of FCA | 第22-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Applications of FCA in linguistics at home and abroad | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Applications of FCA in other fields abroad | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Applications of FCA in other fields in China | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies of English modality | 第25-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies of English modality abroad | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies of modality at home | 第27-30页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on attribute features | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5 Space for present study | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology and Data Collection | 第33-41页 |
| 3.1 Research methodology | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 Software involved in this research | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 Research procedures | 第36-38页 |
| 3.4 Data collection | 第38-39页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Word Sense Disambiguation of the Primary English Modal Auxiliaries by Formal Concept Analysis | 第41-65页 |
| 4.1 Sense categorization of primary English modal auxiliaries | 第41-46页 |
| 4.1.1 Three senses of CAN | 第41-42页 |
| 4.1.2 Three senses of MAY | 第42-43页 |
| 4.1.3 Four senses of WILL | 第43-44页 |
| 4.1.4 Three senses of SHALL | 第44-45页 |
| 4.1.5 Three senses of MUST | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2 Why are the primary English modal auxiliaries? | 第46-47页 |
| 4.3 Construction of word sense disambiguation models by formal concept analysis | 第47-61页 |
| 4.3.1 Formation of training and testing data sets | 第47-48页 |
| 4.3.2 Calculation of mutual information | 第48-49页 |
| 4.3.3 Extraction of syntactic features | 第49-50页 |
| 4.3.4 Construction of formal context | 第50-61页 |
| 4.4 Word sense disambiguation of primary English modal auxiliaries | 第61-62页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Senses and Attribute Features | 第65-79页 |
| 5.1 Extraction of the unique attribute of the congeneric objects and the unique composite attributes of the congeneric objects | 第65-71页 |
| 5.2 Rules extracted based on attribute features | 第71-77页 |
| 5.3 Analysis of attribute features and senses | 第77-78页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第78-79页 |
| Chapter 6 Contribution of Linguistic Features to Word Sense Disambiguation of the Primary English Modal Auxiliaries | 第79-89页 |
| 6.1 Elimination of Semantic Features | 第79-81页 |
| 6.2 Elimination of syntactic features | 第81-83页 |
| 6.3 Analysis of semantic features and syntactic features | 第83-87页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第87-89页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第89-93页 |
| 7.1 Major findings | 第89-90页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the study | 第90页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and suggestions for the future study | 第90-93页 |
| References | 第93-99页 |
| Appendix I | 第99-107页 |
| Appendix II | 第107-113页 |
| Appendix III | 第113-119页 |
| Appendix IV | 第119-121页 |
| Appendix V | 第121-123页 |
| Appendix VI | 第123-125页 |
| Appendix VII | 第125-127页 |
| Appendix VIII | 第127-129页 |
| Appendix IX | 第129-131页 |
| Appendix X | 第131-133页 |
| Appendix XI | 第133-135页 |
| Appendix XII | 第135-137页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第137-139页 |
| 作者简介 | 第139页 |
