| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ACKNOWLEGEMENTS | 第7-8页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第8-9页 |
| LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES | 第9-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-19页 |
| ·An overview of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The objective of the study | 第17页 |
| ·Thesis structure | 第17-19页 |
| CHPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-37页 |
| ·Previous theoretical researches on English near-synonyms | 第19-23页 |
| ·Definitions of English near-synonyms | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classifications of English near-synonyms | 第20-21页 |
| ·The origin of English near-synonyms | 第21-22页 |
| ·Distinctive features of English near-synonyms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous empirical researches on English near-synonyms | 第23-28页 |
| ·Researches on English near-synonym teaching and learning | 第23-24页 |
| ·Researches on English near-synonyms in dictionaries | 第24页 |
| ·Researches on English near-synonym discrimination | 第24-28页 |
| ·Remaining problems | 第28-29页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第29-37页 |
| ·Colligation | 第29页 |
| ·Collocation | 第29-31页 |
| ·Semantic prosody | 第31页 |
| ·Transfer of mother tongue | 第31-32页 |
| ·Interlanguage theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Word knowledge | 第33-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE DATA AND RESEARCH METHODOLY | 第37-46页 |
| ·Data | 第37-40页 |
| ·Data description | 第37-39页 |
| ·Data collection | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第40-44页 |
| ·Research methods | 第40-43页 |
| ·Corpus-based analysis | 第40-41页 |
| ·Contrastive interlanguage analysis | 第41-42页 |
| ·Quantitative and qualitative analysis | 第42-43页 |
| ·Instruments | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures of the study | 第44-46页 |
| CAHPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第46-86页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第46-74页 |
| ·Frequencies of GET near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) and FLOB | 第46-51页 |
| ·Frequencies of EFFECT near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) and FLOB | 第51-55页 |
| ·Colligations of GET near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) and FLOB | 第55-57页 |
| ·Colligations of EFFECT near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) and FLOB | 第57-60页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of GET near-synonyms and EFFECT near-synonyms in FLOB | 第60-67页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of GET near-synonyms in FLOB | 第60-64页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of EFFECT near-synonyms in FLOB | 第64-67页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of GET near-synonyms and EFFECT near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) | 第67-74页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of GET near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) | 第67-71页 |
| ·Collocations and semantic prosodies of EFFECT near-synonyms in CLEC (ST5 & ST6) | 第71-74页 |
| ·Differences between English majors' use and native speakers' use of GET near-synonyms and EFFECT near-synonyms | 第74-75页 |
| ·Reasons for the distinctions between English majors and native speakers | 第75-81页 |
| ·Solutions to the problems | 第81-86页 |
| ·English near-synonym teaching and learning | 第81-83页 |
| ·Lexicography | 第83-86页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第86-91页 |
| ·Major research findings | 第86-87页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第87-89页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第87页 |
| ·Practical implications | 第87-89页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第87-88页 |
| ·Lexicographical implications | 第88-89页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第89-90页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第90-91页 |
| REFERENCES | 第91-97页 |
| APPENDIXES | 第97-106页 |
