| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Conception | 第14-16页 |
| 1.2.1 Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.2 Research Conception | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| 1.4 Working Definition | 第16页 |
| 1.5 Outline of the Thesis | 第16-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO CATEGORIZATION-BASED DEFINITIONS AND SEMANTICPROSODY: A REVIEW | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Relevant Studies on Categorization-based Definitions | 第19-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Category and Categorization | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Theoretical Studies on Categorization-based Definitions | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Prototype Approach to Lexicographical Definition | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Current Status of Dictionary Definitions Based on Categorization | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3 Studies on the Semantic Prosody | 第24-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Features of Semantic Prosody | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3.2 Semantic Prosodies of Lexical Items | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.3 Semantic Prosody and English Vocabulary Learning | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.4 Semantic Prosody and Differentiation of Synonyms | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.5 Semantic Prosody and Dictionaries | 第29-30页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第30-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE SEMANTIC PROSODY AND ENGLISH VOCABULARYLEARNING: A CONTRASTIVE INTERLANGUAGE ANALYSIS | 第33-45页 |
| 3.1 Method for Analysis | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Corpora for Analysis | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Extraction of Semantic Prosodies | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4 Chinese Learners’ Use of Semantic Prosodies | 第35-39页 |
| 3.4.1 Data Processing and Analyzing | 第35页 |
| 3.4.2 Semantic Prosody of Cause | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4.3 Semantic Prosody of Very | 第37-39页 |
| 3.5 Discussions and Possible Causes | 第39-42页 |
| 3.5.1 Transfer of Chinese Language | 第40-41页 |
| 3.5.2 Over-generalization of Collocational Rules | 第41-42页 |
| 3.5.3 Insufficient English Input | 第42页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第42-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR SEMANTIC PROSODIES OF SYNONYMS AND THEIR ROLEIN DIFFERENTIATION OF SYNONYMS | 第45-55页 |
| 4.1 Method for Analysis | 第45页 |
| 4.2 Extraction of Synonyms | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3 Semantic Prosodies and Differentiation of Synonyms | 第47-54页 |
| 4.3.1 Semantic Prosody and Differentiation: Verbs | 第47-50页 |
| 4.3.2 Semantic Prosody and Differentiation: Adjectives | 第50-54页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第54-55页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITIONS OF SYNONYMS IN ENGLISH-CHINESE LEARNER’S DICTIONARIES | 第55-61页 |
| 5.1 Absence of Distinctive Features | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2 Absence of Semantic Prosodic Features | 第57-59页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第59-61页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CATEGORIZATION-BASED DEFINITIONS: A SEMANTICPROSODIC APPROACH | 第61-71页 |
| 6.1 Categorization-based Definitions: Theoretical Framework | 第61-62页 |
| 6.2 Categorization-based Definitions: Construction of Principles | 第62-63页 |
| 6.2.1 Prototype Principle | 第62-63页 |
| 6.2.2 Semantic Prosody Principle | 第63页 |
| 6.3 Categorization-based Definitions of Synonyms | 第63-69页 |
| 6.3.1 Categorization-based Definitions of Synonyms: Verbs | 第63-66页 |
| 6.3.2 Categorization-based Definitions of Synonyms: Adjectives | 第66-69页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第69-71页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第71-75页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第71-72页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第72页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第72-73页 |
| 7.4 Areas for Further Research | 第73-75页 |
| REFERENCES | 第75-84页 |
| APPENDIX | 第84-85页 |
