| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the present study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-34页 |
| ·A review of collocations | 第15-21页 |
| ·Development of the concept collocation in linguistic theory | 第16-20页 |
| ·Significance of collocations in language | 第20-21页 |
| ·Areview of attention in psychology and in second language acquisition | 第21-30页 |
| ·Attention in psychology | 第22-25页 |
| ·Attention in second language acquisition | 第25-30页 |
| ·Attention in L2 collocational acquisition | 第30-34页 |
| ·Relevant studies abroad | 第30-32页 |
| ·Relevant studies in China | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 3 The Present Study | 第34-54页 |
| ·Research questions | 第34-37页 |
| ·Research method | 第37-54页 |
| ·Participants | 第38-39页 |
| ·Target verbs and corresponding verb-noun collocations to be investigated | 第39-45页 |
| ·Experimental procedures | 第45-54页 |
| Chapter 4 Experimental Results | 第54-71页 |
| ·Acquisition of the basic meaning of each target verb | 第54页 |
| ·Production of collocates of each target verb | 第54-66页 |
| ·Production of old collocates | 第56-58页 |
| ·Production of new-target-like collocates | 第58-59页 |
| ·Production of new collocates | 第59-60页 |
| ·Production of semi-target-like collocates | 第60-61页 |
| ·Production of false collocates | 第61-62页 |
| ·Production of old + new-target-like collocates | 第62-64页 |
| ·Production of new + new-target-like collocates | 第64-65页 |
| ·An overall illustration of collocate production | 第65-66页 |
| ·Judgment of designed collocations of target verbs | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary of the test results | 第67-68页 |
| ·Rule detection | 第68-70页 |
| ·Rule recall | 第70页 |
| ·Participants' performance in the treatment | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion and conclusion | 第71-82页 |
| ·Focal attention and the acquisition of basic meanings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Focal attention and the production of collocates | 第72-79页 |
| ·Production of old collocates | 第73-75页 |
| ·Production of new-target-like collocates | 第75-76页 |
| ·Production of new collocates | 第76-77页 |
| ·Production of semi-target-like collocates and that of false collocates | 第77-78页 |
| ·Production of old + new-target-like collocates | 第78-79页 |
| ·Production of new + new-target-like collocates | 第79页 |
| ·Production of overall collocates | 第79页 |
| ·Focal attention and the judgment of designed collocations | 第79-80页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 6 Pedagogical implications and research limitations | 第82-84页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第82-83页 |
| ·Limitations | 第83-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Appendix A | 第88-99页 |
| Appendix B | 第99-107页 |
| Appendix C | 第107-109页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第109页 |
