| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Background of the collocation study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the present study | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Objective of the study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 Definition of key terms | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Collocation | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Typical English collocation | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Transparent collocation | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.4 Semi-fixed collocation | 第21页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical basis in this study | 第21-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Frequency effects in language acquisition | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.2 Collocation study in second language acquisition | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 L1 transfer | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Related studies on collocations | 第25-28页 |
| 2.3.1 Related studies on collocations abroad | 第25-26页 |
| 2.3.2 Related studies on collocations at home | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第29-36页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第29页 |
| 3.2 The Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第30-33页 |
| 3.3.1 Target collocations | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.2 Teaching materials | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3.3 Testing paper | 第32-33页 |
| 3.4 Research design | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4.1 Treatments | 第33-34页 |
| 3.4.2 Training phase | 第34页 |
| 3.5 Data collection and analysis | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第36-48页 |
| 4.1 Results of this study | 第36-43页 |
| 4.1.1 Effects of different exposure frequency on the acquisition of English collocations | 第36-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Effects of different semantic transparency on the acquisition of English collocations | 第40-43页 |
| 4.2 Discussion of the possible reasons responsible for the above results | 第43-46页 |
| 4.2.1 Reasons for the results of different exposure frequency | 第44-45页 |
| 4.2.2 Reasons for the results of different semantic transparency | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| 5.1 Findings of the study | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 Implications for English collocations acquisition | 第49-50页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for further research | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-56页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第56-58页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第60-61页 |
