| Chapter One Introduction | 第1-17页 |
| ·Aim of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Importance of Lexical Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study of Compounds | 第13-14页 |
| ·Tools and Methods | 第14-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Compounds | 第17-33页 |
| ·The Definition and Historical Development of Compounds | 第17-19页 |
| ·Definition | 第17-18页 |
| ·Historical Development | 第18-19页 |
| ·Feature of Compounding | 第19-20页 |
| ·Lexical Relationship behind Compounds | 第20-21页 |
| ·Spelling of Compounds | 第21-24页 |
| ·Types of Compounds | 第24-29页 |
| ·Noun Compounds | 第24-27页 |
| ·Left-hand Modifiers and Right-hand Components in Noun Compounds | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Major Patterns of Noun Compounds | 第25-27页 |
| ·Verb Compounds | 第27-28页 |
| ·Adjective Compounds | 第28-29页 |
| ·Acquisition of Compounds | 第29-33页 |
| Chapter Three The Study | 第33-51页 |
| ·Corpus-based Analysis | 第33-43页 |
| ·The Significance of the Total Number of Compounds in the Two Corpora (CBL and CLEC) | 第33-38页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis | 第35-36页 |
| ·Lexical Change | 第36-37页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic Analysis Adjective Compounds in These Two Corpora | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Significanee of Noun Compounds，Verb Compounds and Adjeetive Compounds in These Two Corpora: | 第38-43页 |
| ·Noun Compounds | 第38-39页 |
| ·Verb Compounds | 第39-41页 |
| ·Adjective Compounds | 第41-43页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第43-48页 |
| ·Percentage Analysis | 第48-49页 |
| ·Compounds and MUCs in ELT | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussion | 第51-62页 |
| ·Meaning in Traditional Compounds | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Complexity of MUCs | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Methods and Strategies of Compound Teaching | 第54-58页 |
| ·Unplanned Compound Teaching | 第54页 |
| ·Planned Compound Teaching | 第54-55页 |
| ·Decode-Encode Teaching of Compounds | 第55-58页 |
| ·Productivity of Compounds | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第62-66页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implications and Suggestions | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Study | 第64-66页 |
| Published Papers | 第66-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第71-76页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第81-87页 |
| Resume | 第87页 |
