| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-10页 |
| ·Need for the Study of Lexical Phrases | 第8-9页 |
| ·Theoretical and Practical Significance of the Present Thesis | 第9页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第10-23页 |
| ·Defining and Classifying Lexical Phrases | 第10-12页 |
| ·Defining Lexical Phrases | 第10-11页 |
| ·Classifying Lexical Phrases | 第11-12页 |
| ·Roles of Lexical Phrases | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Study of Lexical Phrases from Various Aspects | 第14-19页 |
| ·An SLA Approach to Lexical Phrases | 第14-15页 |
| ·Psychological Study of Lexical Phrases | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cognitive Study of Lexical Phrases | 第17-18页 |
| ·Corpus-based Study of Lexical Phrases | 第18-19页 |
| ·Lexicographic Study of Lexical Phrases and Limitations of the Existing Oral English Dictionaries | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Lexical Phrases and Corpus | 第23-30页 |
| ·Process of Dictionary Compilation | 第23页 |
| ·The Application of Corpus | 第23-25页 |
| ·Roles of Corpus in Dictionary Compilation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Advantages and Disadvantages of BNC | 第24-25页 |
| ·BNC in Entry Verification, Example Selection and Frequency Calculation | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter 4 A Suggested Oral English Dictionary | 第30-43页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Suggested Dictionary | 第30-32页 |
| ·Functions of the Suggested Dictionary | 第32-33页 |
| ·The User-centered Dictionary | 第33页 |
| ·The Compilation of the Suggested Oral English Dictionary | 第33-43页 |
| ·LLA--A Model Dictionary | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Framework of the Suggested Dictionary | 第35-43页 |
| ·The Macrostructure | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Microstructure | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| ·Significance of Studying Lexical Phrases | 第43-44页 |
| ·Significance of Making a New Kind of Oral English Dictionary | 第44-45页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Thesis and Suggestions for Further | 第45-46页 |
| References | 第46-48页 |
