| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第15页 |
| ·Contents of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-34页 |
| ·The Studies on Vocabulary Knowledge | 第17-23页 |
| ·Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第17-21页 |
| ·Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Knowledge | 第21-23页 |
| ·An Overview of Collocational Knowledge | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Definition of Collocation | 第23页 |
| ·Lexical Combinations on the Syntagmatic Axis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Classification of Collocation | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Importance of Collocations in Second Language Acquisition | 第26-28页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Collocation Acquisition | 第28-34页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of collocation with Foreign English Learners | 第28-30页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of Collocation with Chinese EFL Learners | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary of Empirical Studies | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 A Theoretical Framework | 第34-37页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation- Collocational Knowledge Framework | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Operational Definition of Collocations in This Study | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Collocation Type under Investigation | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第37-60页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37-38页 |
| ·Variables in the Present Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Design | 第39-40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40页 |
| ·Instruments | 第40-43页 |
| ·Verb-noun Collocation Selection | 第40-42页 |
| ·Test Paper Design | 第42-43页 |
| ·Productive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge Test Paper | 第42页 |
| ·Receptive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge Test Paper | 第42-43页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第43-45页 |
| ·A Pilot Study | 第43-45页 |
| ·Validity and Reliability of the Instruments | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary of the Pilot Study | 第44-45页 |
| ·Procedures for the Formal Research | 第45页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第45-47页 |
| ·Scoring of the Productive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge Test | 第46页 |
| ·Scoring of the Receptive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge Test | 第46-47页 |
| ·Scoring of Total Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge | 第47页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Results | 第47-60页 |
| ·Quantitative results | 第47-57页 |
| ·Development of Mastery of the Three Types of Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge across Language Proficiency Levels | 第48-51页 |
| ·Development of Mastery of the Three Types of Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge within Language Proficiency Levels | 第51-54页 |
| ·Development of Receptive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge | 第51-52页 |
| ·Development of Productive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge | 第52-54页 |
| ·Developmental Difference between Productive and Receptive Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge | 第54-57页 |
| ·Qualitative Results | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion, Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research | 第60-75页 |
| ·Findings and Discussion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Development of the Receptive Mastery and Productive Mastery of Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge across Language Proficiency Levels | 第60-61页 |
| ·Development of the Receptive Mastery and Productive Mastery of Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge within Language Proficiency Levels | 第61-62页 |
| ·Developmental Difference between Receptive Knowledge and Productive Knowledge | 第62-64页 |
| ·Factors Affecting the Development of Verb-noun Collocational Knowledge | 第64-65页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第65-66页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第66-69页 |
| ·Devising Exercises and Activities for Collocation Acquisition | 第69-73页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第73-75页 |
| References | 第75-80页 |
| Appendices | 第80-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87页 |
