| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Significance of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON MOTION VERBS | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Classification of Motion Verbs | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Relevant studies On the Semantic Features of Motion Verbs | 第19-21页 |
| 2.3 Relevant Studies On the Syntactic Features of Motion Verb | 第21-24页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC PROPERTIES OF MOTION VERBS | 第26-34页 |
| 3.1 Syntactic Features of Motion Verbs | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1.1 Verbs of Inherently Directed Motion | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Leave Verbs | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.3 Manner of Motion Verbs | 第28-30页 |
| 3.1.4 Verbs of Motion Using a Vehicle | 第30-31页 |
| 3.1.5 Waltz Verbs | 第31页 |
| 3.1.6 Chase Verbs | 第31页 |
| 3.1.7 Accompany Verbs | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Semantic Features of Motion Verbs | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第33-34页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CHINESE EFL LEARNERS' DIFFICUTLIES IN USINGI MOTION VERBS | 第34-48页 |
| 4.1 Learners’ Errors from the CLEC | 第34-39页 |
| 4.1.1 25 Most Frequently Used Motion Verbs | 第35-36页 |
| 4.1.2 Error Types | 第36-39页 |
| 4.2 Grammaticality Test and Interview with Thirty Chinese EFL Learners | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2.1 Grammaticality Test Results | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Interview Results | 第42页 |
| 4.3 Possible Causes Responsible For Chinese EFL Learners’ Errors | 第42-47页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHATER FIVE THE PRESENTATION OF MOTION VERBS IN CURRENT ENGLISH LEARNERS’ DICTIONARIES | 第48-58页 |
| 5.1 Dictionaries as a Reference in the Survey | 第48页 |
| 5.2 Representation of Motion Verbs in Current ECLDS | 第48-56页 |
| 5.2.1 General Situation of Motion Verbs in Current ECLDs | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2.2 Deficiencies in Treating Motion Verbs | 第50-56页 |
| 5.2.2.1 Biases in Treating Syntactic Features of Motion Verbs | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2.2.2 Inadequacy in Providing Collocations of Motion Verbs | 第52-55页 |
| 5.2.2.3 Lack of Distinguishable Semantic Features Between Motion Verbs | 第55-56页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZING THE REPRESENTATION OF MOTION VERBS IN ECLDs | 第58-72页 |
| 6.1 Theoretical Framework | 第58-61页 |
| 6.1.1 Construction Grammar | 第58-59页 |
| 6.1.2 The Relation Between Construction Grammar and Motion Verbs | 第59-61页 |
| 6.2 General Principles for Representing Motion Verbs in ECLDs | 第61-62页 |
| 6.3 A Tentative Model for Motion Verb Representation in ECLDs | 第62-70页 |
| 6.3.1 Representation of Verbs of Inherently Directed Motion | 第63-65页 |
| 6.3.2 Representation of Manner of Motion Verbs | 第65-67页 |
| 6.3.3 Representation of Verbs of Motion Using a Vehicle | 第67-69页 |
| 6.3.4 Representation of Chase Verbs | 第69页 |
| 6.3.5 Representation of Accompany Verbs | 第69-70页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第70-72页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第72-76页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第72-73页 |
| 7.2 Implications of the Present Study | 第73-74页 |
| 7.3 Limitations of the Present study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第74-76页 |
| REFERENCES | 第76-83页 |
| APPENDICES | 第83-86页 |
