| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-21页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Research Objective and Research Issues | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Conception | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Research Significance | 第17-18页 |
| 1.5 Research Methodology | 第18页 |
| 1.6 Working Definition | 第18-19页 |
| 1.7 Outline of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON CEDS’ DEFINITIONS ANDSYNONYMOUS EQUIVALENTS | 第21-29页 |
| 2.1 Definitions in CEDs | 第21-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditional Equivalence Theory | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Multidimensional definition theory | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Equivalents in CEDs | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Characteristics and Classification of Equivalents | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2.2 Equivalent Discrimination | 第26-28页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第28-29页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CHINESE EFL LEARNERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USINGSYNONYMOUS VERBS | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1 Classification of Chinese EFL Learners’ Errors in Synonymous Verbs | 第29-32页 |
| 3.2 Characteristics of Chinese EFL Learners’ Interlanguage | 第32-37页 |
| 3.2.1 Negative Language Transfer | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Overuse of high-frequency words | 第34-36页 |
| 3.2.3 Overgeneralization of Rules | 第36-37页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PROBLEMS OF DEFINITIONS IN CURRENT CEDs | 第39-51页 |
| 4.1 A Survey of the Overall Definition Structure of Current CEDs | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 A Survey of Definitions of Verbs in CEDs | 第40-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Orientation of CEDs | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Features of CELDs | 第42-45页 |
| 4.2.3 Examples | 第45-48页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第48-51页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL DEFINITION MODEL BASEDON ARGUMENT STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTIONS | 第51-63页 |
| 5.1 Theoretical Framework | 第51-54页 |
| 5.1.1 Construction Grammar | 第51-53页 |
| 5.1.2 Multidimensional Definition Theory | 第53-54页 |
| 5.1.3 Corpus Pattern Analysis | 第54页 |
| 5.2 Guiding Principles for Representing SVEs | 第54-58页 |
| 5.2.1 Construction Principle | 第55页 |
| 5.2.2 Multi-dimension Principle | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2.3 Corpus-based Principle | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2.4 Discrimination Principle | 第58页 |
| 5.3 CMDM for SVEs in CEDs | 第58-60页 |
| 5.4 Summary | 第60-63页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZING THE REPRESENTATION OF SVEs | 第63-83页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第63-64页 |
| 6.2 Representation of MVs and Equivalent Discrimiantion | 第64-76页 |
| 6.2.1 Extracting Participant Roles of MVs | 第64-65页 |
| 6.2.2 Analyzing Participant Roles of MVs | 第65-71页 |
| 6.2.3 Analyzing Thematic Structures of MVs | 第71-73页 |
| 6.2.4 Analyzing Frequency Distribution of MVs | 第73-74页 |
| 6.2.5 A Sample Entry of Monotransitive Verb Equivalents | 第74-76页 |
| 6.3 Representation of DVs | 第76-81页 |
| 6.3.1 Extracting and Analyzing Participant Roles of DVs | 第76-77页 |
| 6.3.2 Analyzing Construction Structures of DVs | 第77-79页 |
| 6.3.3 Analyzing Frequency Distribution of DVs | 第79-80页 |
| 6.3.4 A Samples Entry for Ditransitive Verb Equivalents | 第80-81页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第81-83页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第83-85页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第83页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第83-84页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第84-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-97页 |
| APPENDICES | 第97-111页 |
