| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-21页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Necessity of Integrating Adjective Error Warnings in ECLDs | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Problems of Adjective Error Warnings in Current ECLDs | 第15页 |
| 1.4 Research Content | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4.1 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4.2 Research Conception | 第16页 |
| 1.4.3 Research Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.5 Significance of the Present Study | 第17页 |
| 1.6 Working Definition | 第17-19页 |
| 1.7 Structure of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON LEARNER’S ERRORS AND ENGLISH ADJECTIVES | 第21-31页 |
| 2.1 Significance of Studying Learners’ Errors | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Causes of Learners’ Errors | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Classifications of Learners’ Errors | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4 Three Levels of Error | 第24-25页 |
| 2.5 Studies on the Error Warnings in Learner’s Dictionaries | 第25-27页 |
| 2.6 Relevant Studies on English Adjectives | 第27-29页 |
| 2.6.1 Syntactic Sub-classification of English Adjectives | 第27-28页 |
| 2.6.2 Semantic Sub-categorization of English Adjectives | 第28-29页 |
| 2.7 Summary | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE COMMON ADJECTIVE ERRORS MADE BY CHINESE EFL LEARNERS | 第31-49页 |
| 3.1 Corpus Used in the Present Study | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Adjective Errors Tagged in the CLEC | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3 Classification of Common Errors Committed by Chinese EFL Learners WhenUsing Adjectives | 第35-47页 |
| 3.3.1 Input Errors | 第35-38页 |
| 3.3.2 Output Errors | 第38-47页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第47-49页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR ANALYSIS OF THE ERROR WARNINGS IN THE CURRENT MAINSTREAMECLDS | 第49-67页 |
| 4.1 Adjective Error Warnings in OALD8 | 第50-55页 |
| 4.1.1 Signs and Forms of Adjective Error Warnings | 第50-51页 |
| 4.1.2 Patterns of the Adjective Error Warnings | 第51-52页 |
| 4.1.3 Types of Errors the Adjective Error Warnings Target at | 第52-53页 |
| 4.1.4 Deficiencies of the Adjective Error Warnings Presented in OALD8 | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2 Adjective Error Warnings in CALD2 | 第55-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Signs and Forms of Adjective Error Warnings | 第55页 |
| 4.2.2 Patterns of the Adjective Error Warnings | 第55-57页 |
| 4.2.3 Types of Errors the Adjective Error Warnings Target at | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2.4 Advantages and Deficiencies of the Adjective Error WarningsPresented in CALD2 | 第58-62页 |
| 4.3 Adjective Error Warnings in LDOCE5 | 第62-67页 |
| 4.3.1 Signs and Forms of the Adjective Error Warnings | 第62页 |
| 4.3.2 Patterns of the Adjective Error Warnings | 第62-64页 |
| 4.3.3 Types of Errors that the Adjective Error Warnings Target at | 第64页 |
| 4.3.4 Advantages and Deficiencies of the Adjective Error WarningsPresented in LDOCE5 | 第64-67页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE THEORIES GUIDING THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE ERROR WARNINGS INECLDs | 第67-71页 |
| 5.1 User’s Perspective and User-friendliness | 第67-68页 |
| 5.2 Input Hypothesis | 第68页 |
| 5.3 Context Theory | 第68-69页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第69-71页 |
| CHAPTER SIX SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING ADJECTIVE ERROR WARNINGS IN ECLDS | 第71-77页 |
| 6.1 Suggestions on the Number of Adjective Error Warning | 第71-72页 |
| 6.2 Suggestions on Signs and Forms | 第72页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions on Sources of Information to be Considered | 第72-73页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions on Contents | 第73页 |
| 6.5 Suggestions on Adjective Error Types | 第73-74页 |
| 6.6 Samples of the Adjective Error Warning | 第74-77页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第77-81页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第77页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第77-78页 |
| 7.3 Innovations and Limitations of the Present Study | 第78页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for Future Studies | 第78-81页 |
| Reference | 第81-86页 |
