| Synopsis | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-15页 |
| List of Tables | 第15页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第16-22页 |
| ·Research Background and Goals | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Significance and Status Quo of the Study | 第17-20页 |
| ·Need for the study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The status quo of English dictionaries | 第18-20页 |
| ·Printed English dictionaries | 第18-19页 |
| ·English electronic dictionaries | 第19-20页 |
| ·Framework of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations of the Study of Lexical Semantic Network | 第22-36页 |
| ·Semantic Field Theory | 第22-25页 |
| ·Mental Lexicon | 第25-29页 |
| ·The concept of mental lexicon | 第25页 |
| ·The organization of mental lexicon | 第25-29页 |
| ·Hierarchical model | 第26-27页 |
| ·Spreading activation model | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Organization of L2 Mental Lexicon | 第29-36页 |
| ·Representational models | 第29-34页 |
| ·The difference between the organization of L1 and L2 mental lexicon | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary of mental lexicon models | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter 3 An Improved Lexical Semantic Network:Components and Implications | 第36-45页 |
| ·The Deficiencies of Current Semantic Network Models | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Components and Relations in an Improved Lexical Semantic Network | 第37-41页 |
| ·External network | 第38-39页 |
| ·Internal network | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Implications of Lexical Semantic Network for Lexicography and Foreign Language Learning | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Methods of Constructing Lexical Semantic Network in Monolingual English Learners' Dictionaries(CD-ROM version) | 第45-68页 |
| ·The Electronic Dictionary and Its Advantages | 第45-47页 |
| ·Large content and multifunction | 第45页 |
| ·Speedy retrieval of lexical information | 第45-46页 |
| ·Varied access and search methods | 第46页 |
| ·Flexibility | 第46-47页 |
| ·Methods of Constructing the Lexical Network in the Big Five | 第47-49页 |
| ·Providing homophones in pronunciation search and study pages | 第47-48页 |
| ·Providing compounds in index | 第48-49页 |
| ·Methods of Constructing the Semantic Network in the Big Five | 第49-62页 |
| ·Pictorial illustrations | 第49-52页 |
| ·Thesaurus | 第52-56页 |
| ·Wordfinder and Activator | 第56-58页 |
| ·Study pages | 第58-60页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Internal Network in the Big Five | 第62-66页 |
| ·Sense division | 第63-65页 |
| ·Sense arrangement | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Combination of the External Network with the Internal Network | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-68页 |
| Chapter 5 The Representation of the Lexical Semantic Network in English-Chinese Electronic Dictionaries | 第68-94页 |
| ·Fragmentary Lexical Semantic Network in Current English-Chinese Electronic Dictionaries | 第68-72页 |
| ·Fragmentary external network | 第68-69页 |
| ·Insufficient internal network | 第69-72页 |
| ·Tentative Suggestions on Representing the Lexical Semantic Network in English-Chinese Electronic Dictionaries | 第72-90页 |
| ·The representation of the external network | 第73-80页 |
| ·The representation of phonological relation | 第73-74页 |
| ·The representation of morphological relations | 第74-76页 |
| ·The representation of hyponymy and meronymy relations | 第76-78页 |
| ·The representation of activation relations | 第78-80页 |
| ·Tentative principles for the arrangement of category members | 第80-85页 |
| ·According to the sequence of prototype relation | 第80-82页 |
| ·According to the sequence of the hierarchy of words | 第82-85页 |
| ·The representation of the internal network | 第85-88页 |
| ·The combination of the external network with the internal network | 第88-90页 |
| ·The Modularization of Lexical Semantic Network | 第90-92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-94页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第94-98页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第94-95页 |
| ·Implications | 第95-96页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第96-98页 |
| Bibliography | 第98-103页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第103页 |
