| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract （English） | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract （Chinese） | 第6-7页 |
| List of Figures | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第8-9页 |
| List of Conventions | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| 1．1 Research questions | 第15页 |
| 1．2 Significance of the study | 第15-20页 |
| 1．2．1 Collocations in ELT and L2 learning | 第15-18页 |
| 1．2．1．1 Grammar vs． vocabulary | 第15-16页 |
| 1．2．1．2 Significance of lexical collocations | 第16-18页 |
| 1．2．2 Unsatisfactory treatment of lexical collocations in EFL dictionaries | 第18-20页 |
| 1．3 Methodology | 第20-21页 |
| 1．3．1 Theoretical study | 第20页 |
| 1．3．2 Practical study | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Definitions and Properties of Collocations | 第21-34页 |
| 2．0 Introduction | 第21-22页 |
| 2．1 Definition and categorization of collocations | 第22-27页 |
| 2．1．1 Collocations in corpus linguistics | 第22-23页 |
| 2．1．2 Restricted collocations | 第23-27页 |
| 2．1．2．1 A model by Peter Howarth | 第23-25页 |
| 2．1．2．2 Grammatical collocation and lexical collocation | 第25-27页 |
| 2．1．2．2．1 Grammatical collocation | 第25-26页 |
| 2．1．2．2．2 Lexical collocation | 第26-27页 |
| 2．2 The focus of this study-lexical collocation | 第27-28页 |
| 2．2．1 Working definition of lexical collocation in this study | 第27-28页 |
| 2．2．2 Significance of lexical collocation | 第28页 |
| 2．3 Properties of collocations | 第28-32页 |
| 2．3．1 Semantic perspective-transparent to opaque | 第29-30页 |
| 2．3．1．1 Free combinations-fully transparent | 第29页 |
| 2．3．1．2 Restricted collocations-semi-transparent/opaque | 第29页 |
| 2．3．1．3 Idioms-totally opaque | 第29-30页 |
| 2．3．2 Structural perspective-substitutability | 第30-32页 |
| 2．3．2．1 Substitutability in free collocations | 第30页 |
| 2．3．2．2 Substitutability in restricted collocations | 第30-32页 |
| 2．4 Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 3 Diagnosing Lexical Collocation Errors of Chinese Learners | 第34-47页 |
| 3．0 Introduction | 第34页 |
| 3．1 Collocations and language competence | 第34-35页 |
| 3．2 English collocations vs． Chinese counterparts | 第35-36页 |
| 3．3 An analysis of the common collocation errors of Chinese students | 第36-44页 |
| 3．3．1 Affected by mother tongue-negative transfer | 第37-40页 |
| 3．3．2 Overgeneralization | 第40-41页 |
| 3．3．3 Confusion of semantic similarity | 第41-44页 |
| 3．3．3．1 Misuse of synonyms | 第41-42页 |
| 3．3．3．2 Confusion between superordinate terms and hyponyms | 第42-44页 |
| 3．4 Learning strategies and collocation errors | 第44-46页 |
| 3．4．1 L1 strategy | 第44页 |
| 3．4．2 Avoidance strategy | 第44-46页 |
| 3．5 Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Methods of the Treatment of Lexical collocations EFL dictionaries | 第47-61页 |
| 4．0 Introduction | 第47页 |
| 4．1 Which collocations are to be included? | 第47-51页 |
| 4．1．1 Learn from general-purposes Japanese EFL dictionaries | 第48页 |
| 4．1．2 Learn from collocation dictionaries | 第48-51页 |
| 4．1．2．1 Collocations in KDEC | 第48-49页 |
| 4．1．2．2 Collocations in OCDSE | 第49-51页 |
| 4．2 The placing of lexical collocations | 第51-52页 |
| 4．2．1 Two approaches of placing lexical collocations | 第51页 |
| 4．2．2 The functions of the two approaches-decoding vs． encoding | 第51-52页 |
| 4．3 Different ways of presenting collocations | 第52-60页 |
| 4．3．1 Collocations embodied through definitions | 第52-57页 |
| 4．3．1．1 Through definitions in monolingual dictionaries | 第53-56页 |
| 4．3．1．2 Bracket notes | 第56-57页 |
| 4．3．2 Collocations in examples | 第57-58页 |
| 4．3．3 Collocations as separate senses | 第58-59页 |
| 4．3．4 Collocations in usage notes | 第59-60页 |
| 4．4 Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 5 A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Lexical Collocations In Existing EFL Dictionaries | 第61-81页 |
| 5．0 Introduction | 第61页 |
| 5．1 An overview of the chosen dictionaries | 第61-62页 |
| 5．2 Macrostructure defects | 第62-67页 |
| 5．2．1 Insufficiency of coverage | 第62-65页 |
| 5．2．2 Unbalanced inclusion | 第65-66页 |
| 5．2．3 Insufficiency of productive function-base or collocator? | 第66-67页 |
| 5．3 Microstructure defects | 第67-79页 |
| 5．3．1 Restrictions on collocability | 第67-71页 |
| 5．3．2 Synonyms discrimination | 第71-73页 |
| 5．3．3 Style and register | 第73-75页 |
| 5．3．4 Common errors notes | 第75-78页 |
| 5．3．5 Collocations in special columns | 第78-79页 |
| 5．4 Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第81-85页 |
| 6．1 Summary of the present study | 第81页 |
| 6．2 Major findings | 第81-82页 |
| 6．2．1 Chinese learners'difficulties with lexical collocations | 第81-82页 |
| 6．2．2 Defects of the presentation of lexical collocations In existing EFL dictionaries | 第82页 |
| 6．3 Some general principles for the treatment of lexical collocations | 第82-84页 |
| 6．4 Limitations of the present study and suggestions for further research | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix | 第85-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-90页 |
| Ⅰ． Dictionaries Cited | 第86-87页 |
| Ⅱ． Other Publications | 第87-90页 |
