| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15-17页 |
| List of Figures | 第17-18页 |
| Abbreviations | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第19-31页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Research | 第19-20页 |
| ·Overview of Exemplification Research | 第20-23页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第23页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research Framework | 第24-28页 |
| ·Outline of the Dissertation | 第28-29页 |
| Notes to Chapter One | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Two Intentionality of Illustrative Examples | 第31-53页 |
| ·Evidence for the Functions of Illustrative Examples | 第32-35页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic Evidence | 第32-34页 |
| ·Empirical Evidence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Nature of Illustrative Examples | 第35-40页 |
| ·Infinite Utterances vs. Prototypical Examples | 第35-38页 |
| ·Syntagmatic Relationship vs. Paradigmatic Relationship | 第38-40页 |
| ·Classification of Examples' Functions | 第40-49页 |
| ·Descriptive Approach | 第40-41页 |
| ·User-oriented Approach | 第41-42页 |
| ·A Refined Classification of Examples' Functions | 第42-43页 |
| ·A Case Study of the Illustrative Examples for the Word monopoly | 第43-49页 |
| ·Discussion | 第49页 |
| ·Evincing Lexicographical Intentions in Illustrative Examples | 第49-50页 |
| ·Conclusion of Chapter Two | 第50-51页 |
| Notes to Chapter Two | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Three Informativity of Illustrative Examples | 第53-116页 |
| ·Impacts of Technological Innovations on the Choice of Dictionary Examples | 第53-62页 |
| ·Manual Collection of Data | 第53-54页 |
| ·Computer Corpus and KWIC Concordancing | 第54-56页 |
| ·Word Sketch Engine | 第56-58页 |
| ·FrameNet Concordancing | 第58-61页 |
| ·Summary of the Technological Advances | 第61-62页 |
| ·Semantic Information in Illustrative Examples | 第62-72页 |
| ·Overview of Frame Semantics | 第63-65页 |
| ·Implications of Frame Semantics for Lexicography | 第65页 |
| ·Application of Frame Semantics to Exemplification: A Case Study of the Word conclude | 第65-70页 |
| ·Procedures for Selecting Informative Examples from Corpus | 第70-72页 |
| ·Combinatory Information in Illustrative Examples | 第72-92页 |
| ·Significance of Word Combinatory Information in Linguistics and in Lexicography | 第73-76页 |
| ·Classification of Word Combinations: An Overview | 第76-81页 |
| ·Approaches to Phraseological Study | 第81-83页 |
| ·Method | 第83页 |
| ·Results | 第83-90页 |
| ·Types of Word Combinations in Illustrative Examples in the "Big Five" | 第83-85页 |
| ·"Big Five" vs. Combinatory Dictionaries | 第85-88页 |
| ·"Big Five" vs. BNC | 第88页 |
| ·NECD3 vs. "Big Five" | 第88页 |
| ·Learners' Dictionaries vs. CLEC | 第88-90页 |
| ·Discussion | 第90-91页 |
| ·Principles of Exemplifying Collocations | 第91-92页 |
| ·Syntactic Information in Illustrative Examples | 第92-112页 |
| ·Overview of Lexicogrammars | 第92-102页 |
| ·Word Grammar | 第92-93页 |
| ·Lexical Functional Grammar | 第93-94页 |
| ·Valence Theory | 第94-97页 |
| ·Alternations of Verb's Complement Structures | 第97-102页 |
| ·Treatment of Syntactic Information in Illustrative Examples in the "Big Five" | 第102-112页 |
| ·Complements/Adjuncts in the Example Sentences in the "Big Five" | 第102-105页 |
| ·Verb Alternations in the Example Sentences in the "Big Five" | 第105-112页 |
| ·Conclusion of Chapter Three | 第112-114页 |
| Notes to Chapter Three | 第114-116页 |
| Chapter Four Cohesion between the Illustrative Example and the Source Text | 第116-138页 |
| ·Introduction | 第116-117页 |
| ·Relevant Studies | 第117-120页 |
| ·Theoretical Underpinnings | 第117-118页 |
| ·Critique of Relevant Research | 第118-120页 |
| ·Method | 第120-121页 |
| ·Results | 第121-130页 |
| ·Number of Example Sentences in the Sample Data | 第121-124页 |
| ·Person Deictic Expressions in Example Sentences | 第124-128页 |
| ·Place Deictic Expressions in Example Sentences | 第128-129页 |
| ·Time Deictic Expressions in Example Sentences | 第129-130页 |
| ·Discussion | 第130-135页 |
| ·Person Deictics from a Perspective of Information Structure Theory | 第130-133页 |
| ·Here and there: Markers of Simultaneous Spoken Discourse | 第133-134页 |
| ·Conditions for Using Minor Types of Verb Tenses | 第134-135页 |
| ·Conclusion of Chapter Four | 第135-136页 |
| Notes to Chapter Four | 第136-138页 |
| Chapter Five Cohesion between the Illustrative Example and the Dictionary Text | 第138-162页 |
| ·Relevant Studies | 第138-143页 |
| ·Method | 第143-148页 |
| ·Results | 第148-159页 |
| ·Effects of the Word Frequency, Part-of-Speech and Word Meaning on the Exemplification | 第148-151页 |
| ·Effects of the Regionalism on the Exemplification | 第151-153页 |
| ·Effects of the Word's Subject Field on the Exemplification | 第153-154页 |
| ·Effects of the Word's Currency on the Exemplification | 第154-155页 |
| ·Effects of the Word's Style on the Exemplification | 第155-156页 |
| ·Effects of the Word's Attitude on the Exemplification | 第156页 |
| ·Summary of the Results | 第156-159页 |
| ·Discussion | 第159-160页 |
| ·Conclusion of Chapter Five | 第160-161页 |
| Notes to Chapter Five | 第161-162页 |
| Chapter Six Acceptability of Illustrative Examples to EFL Learners | 第162-195页 |
| ·Relevant Studies | 第162-169页 |
| ·User's Needs for Examples | 第163页 |
| ·Effectiveness of Different Types of Examples in Language Learning Tasks | 第163-167页 |
| ·Nesi's Experiment on the Effectiveness of Examples in Language Production Tasks | 第163-164页 |
| ·Invented Example vs. Corpus-based Example | 第164-166页 |
| ·Laufer's Experiment on the Effectiveness of the Invented Example and the Corpus-based Example | 第166-167页 |
| ·Phrasal Example vs. Sentence Example | 第167页 |
| ·Effects of the User's Proficiency Level and the Background Knowledge on the Selection of Examples | 第167-169页 |
| ·Effects of the User's Proficiency Level on the Selection of Examples | 第167-168页 |
| ·Effects of the Cultural Messages in Examples on the User | 第168-169页 |
| ·Summary of Previous Studies | 第169页 |
| ·Method | 第169-170页 |
| ·Results | 第170-184页 |
| ·Results from the Questionnaire Survey | 第170-181页 |
| ·Results from the Erroneous Structure "although…but…" | 第181-184页 |
| ·Discussion: Theorizing the Results with Relevance Theory | 第184-191页 |
| ·Overview of Relevance Theory | 第184-186页 |
| ·Interpreting with Relevance Theory the Criterion of Acceptability for Illustrative Examples | 第186-191页 |
| ·Conclusion of Chapter Six | 第191-193页 |
| Notes to Chapter Six | 第193-195页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第195-202页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第195-197页 |
| ·Implications | 第197-200页 |
| ·Implications for the Practice of Dictionary Exemplification | 第197-199页 |
| ·Implications for the Development of Metalexicographical Theory | 第199-200页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第200-201页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第201-202页 |
| Appendix 1.1 Semantic Valence Structure of the Frame Coming_to_believe of the Lexical Unit conclude in the FrameNet Database | 第202-206页 |
| Appendix 1.2 Semantic Valence Structure of the Frame Process_end of the Lexical Unit conclude in the FrameNet Database | 第206-209页 |
| Appendix 1.3 Definitions and Examples for the Entry Word conclude in the "Big Five" | 第209-212页 |
| Appendix 2 Collocations Overlapping in the Sample Illustrative Examples in the "Big Five" | 第212-214页 |
| Appendix 3.1 Treatment of Indefinite Object Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第214-215页 |
| Appendix 3.2 Treatment of Causative/Inchoative Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第215-216页 |
| Appendix 3.3. Treatment of Reflexive Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第216-217页 |
| Appendix 3.4 Treatment of Reciprocal Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "BigFive" | 第217-218页 |
| Appendix 3.5 Treatment of Characteristic Property Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第218-219页 |
| Appendix 3.6 Treatment of Instrument Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第219-220页 |
| Appendix 3.7 Treatment of Locative/Transposed Alternation in the Sample Entriesin the "Big Five" | 第220-221页 |
| Appendix 3.8 Treatment of Dative Alternation in the Sample Entries in the "Big Five" | 第221-222页 |
| Appendix 4.1 Effects of the Regionalism on the Exemplification | 第222-224页 |
| Appendix 4.2 Effects of the Word's Subject Field on the Exemplification | 第224-226页 |
| Appendix 4.3 Effects of the Word's Currency on the Exemplification | 第226-227页 |
| Appendix 4.4 Effects of the Word's Style on the Exemplification | 第227-229页 |
| Appendix 4.5 Effects of the Word's Attitude on the Exemplification | 第229-230页 |
| Appendix 5 Questionnaire: Chinese EFL Learners' Needs for Dictionary Examples | 第230-234页 |
| References | 第234-245页 |
