| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-20页 |
| 1.1 Background | 第16-17页 |
| 1.2 Necessity of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Present Study | 第18-19页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-32页 |
| 2.1 Key Terms | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies | 第22-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies on academic discourse markers in learner's dictionaries | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Treatment of academic discourse markers in learner's dictionaries | 第24-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies on the acquisition of academic discourse markers | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Research Gaps | 第30-32页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 第32-41页 |
| 3.1 An Overview of RST | 第32-36页 |
| 3.1.1 Basic notions of RST | 第32-35页 |
| 3.1.2 Principles of RST | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2 RST in the Context of Learner Lexicography | 第36-41页 |
| 3.2.1 The feasibility of applying RST to learner lexicography | 第37-38页 |
| 3.2.2 The rationales for including and designing multi-word academic discourse markers in AECLDs | 第38-41页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第41-48页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2 Subjects | 第42页 |
| 4.3 Instruments | 第42-45页 |
| 4.4 Data Collection | 第45-46页 |
| 4.5 Data Analysis | 第46-48页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第48-72页 |
| 5.1 Results from the Test | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2 Results from the Questionnaire Survey | 第50-62页 |
| 5.2.1 Subjects' opinions on English academic discourse markers | 第51-53页 |
| 5.2.2 Subjects' experiences, beliefs, preferences, and expectations concerning English academic discourse markers in ECLDs | 第53-58页 |
| 5.2.3 Subjects' general reference habits | 第58-62页 |
| 5.3 Results from the Dictionary Text Survey | 第62-64页 |
| 5.3.1 Unsystematic inclusion | 第62页 |
| 5.3.2 Failure in labeling | 第62-63页 |
| 5.3.3 Insufficient examples | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3.4 Inadequate usage notes | 第64页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Presenting Multi-word Academic Discourse Markers | 第64-72页 |
| 5.4.1 Presenting multi-word academic discourse markers in individual entries | 第65-67页 |
| 5.4.2 Presenting multi-word academic discourse markers in study pages | 第67-72页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第72-76页 |
| 6.1 A Summary of Major Findings | 第72-73页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Findings | 第73-74页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第74-76页 |
| REFERENCES | 第76-79页 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 第79-82页 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 第82-86页 |
| APPENDIX 3 | 第86-93页 |
