| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Procedures and Conceptions | 第16页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.5 Research Significance | 第17页 |
| 1.6 Working Definition | 第17-18页 |
| 1.7 General Framework of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON CONFUSABLE LEXICAL ITEMS | 第20-34页 |
| 2.1 Properties of Near-synonyms | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Near-synonyms-The Definition | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Near-synonyms-The Features | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 Origin of English Near-Synonyms | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Method in Selecting Near-synonyms by ECLDs | 第23-24页 |
| 2.4 Discrimination Methodologies Proposed by Scholars | 第24-29页 |
| 2.4.1 Linguistic Theory Based Discrimination Methodologies | 第25-27页 |
| 2.4.2 Corpus Based Discrimination Methodologies | 第27-29页 |
| 2.5 Relationship between Synonymous Words and Confusable word clusters | 第29页 |
| 2.6 Representation of English Near-synonyms in Learner's Dictionaries | 第29-31页 |
| 2.7 Unsettled Problems and Indications for the Current Research | 第31-32页 |
| 2.8 Summary | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE EXPLORING INTO CHINESE-SPECIFIC WORD CLUSTERS | 第34-52页 |
| 3.1 Clarifying the Concepts | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Searching for the Chinese-specific Confusable Lexical Items | 第35-40页 |
| 3.2.1 Selecting Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.2 Selecting Preliminary Confusable Lexical Items | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2.3 Classifying the Preliminary Confusable word clusters | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2.4 Dictionaries Used by Subjects | 第39页 |
| 3.2.5 General Procedures and Contents of the Survey | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3 Data Analysis | 第40-49页 |
| 3.3.1 Subject's Difficulty in Handling Synophones and Quasi-homographs | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3.2 Learner's Dictionary-the Unequivocal Option | 第41-43页 |
| 3.3.3 Situation of Dictionary Fulfillment of Learners' Expectations | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3.4 Case Study:Morphological Confusions and Phonetic Confusions | 第45-47页 |
| 3.3.5 Case Study:Semantic Confusions | 第47-48页 |
| 3.3.6 Analysis to the Exemplified Cases | 第48-49页 |
| 3.4 Enlightenment and Inspiration | 第49-50页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第50-52页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR PRINCIPLES FOR SELECTING CHINESE-SPECIFIC CONFUSABLE WORD CLUSTERS | 第52-70页 |
| 4.1 Analysis of the Interlanguage Error in CWC Discrimination | 第52-55页 |
| 4.1.1 Overgeneralization of Pronunciation Rules | 第52-53页 |
| 4.1.2 Overgeneralization of High Frequency Words | 第53-55页 |
| 4.2 Theoretical Basis for the Selection of CWC in ECLDs | 第55页 |
| 4.3 A Tentative Model on the Selection and Inclusion of Chinese-specific CWCs | 第55-66页 |
| 4.3.1 Establishment of Chinese-specific SCs and QCs in ECLDs | 第56-60页 |
| 4.3.2 Establishment of Chinese-specific NCs in ECLDs | 第60-66页 |
| 4.4 Discriminating Chinese-specific CWCs in Learner's Dictionary | 第66-68页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第68-70页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第70-74页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第70-71页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第71页 |
| 5.3 Innovations and Limitations of the Present Study | 第71-72页 |
| 5.4 Suggestions for Further Study | 第72-74页 |
| BIBOLOGRAPHY | 第74-82页 |
| APPENDICES | 第82-92页 |
| Appendix A The Record Sheet | 第82-83页 |
| Appendix B Preliminary Word Clusters Used in the Survey | 第83-88页 |
| Appendix C Chinese-specific Confusable Near-synonym Clusters | 第88-92页 |
