| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Tables and Figures | 第11-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-27页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14-15页 |
| ·Literature review | 第15-20页 |
| ·Current researches | 第15-19页 |
| ·Research deficiencies | 第19-20页 |
| ·The rationale | 第20-24页 |
| ·Research questions | 第24页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第24-25页 |
| ·General framework of the thesis | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Two The Importance of the Glosses and the Gloss Treatment in ECLDs | 第27-42页 |
| ·The concept of “gloss” | 第27页 |
| ·The importance of the glosses | 第27-38页 |
| ·The gloss and word meaning | 第28-31页 |
| ·The viewpoints on word meaning | 第28-30页 |
| ·The relationship between the gloss and word meaning | 第30-31页 |
| ·The functions of the gloss | 第31-38页 |
| ·To provide semantic meaning | 第31-32页 |
| ·To provide grammatical meaning | 第32-34页 |
| ·To provide pragmatic meaning | 第34-36页 |
| ·To provide cultural meaning | 第36-38页 |
| ·Gloss treatment in ECLDs | 第38-42页 |
| ·An overview | 第38页 |
| ·Gloss treatment in ECLDs: the user perspective | 第38-42页 |
| ·A questionnaire | 第38-39页 |
| ·The analysis of the questionnaire | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Three The Evaluation Criteria of the Glosses in English LDs | 第42-59页 |
| ·Introduction | 第42页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第42-46页 |
| ·Communicative Theory of Lexicography | 第42-44页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第44-46页 |
| ·The “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第46-51页 |
| ·The prerequisite to “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第46-47页 |
| ·The formation of “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第47页 |
| ·Cognitive context in lexicographic communication | 第47-48页 |
| ·The formation of “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第48-49页 |
| ·Degree of “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Evaluation Criteria of the glosses in English LDs | 第51-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51-53页 |
| ·Evaluation Criterion one | 第53页 |
| ·Evaluation Criteria two | 第53-55页 |
| ·Evaluation Criterion two for EMLDs | 第53-54页 |
| ·Evaluation Criterion two for ECLDs | 第54-55页 |
| ·Evaluation Criterion three | 第55-56页 |
| ·Evaluation Criterion four | 第56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Four Comparative Analysis of the Glosses in Current Mainstream EMLDs and ECLDs Based on the Evaluation Criteria | 第59-84页 |
| ·Introduction | 第59页 |
| ·Gloss treatment in current mainstream EMLDs | 第59-70页 |
| ·An overview | 第59页 |
| ·Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (Third Edition) | 第59-62页 |
| ·Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (Sixth Edition) | 第62-63页 |
| ·Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners | 第63-66页 |
| ·Cambridge Dictionary of American English | 第66-67页 |
| ·Collins COBUILD English Dictionary | 第67-70页 |
| ·Gloss treatment in current mainstream ECLDs | 第70-77页 |
| ·An overview | 第70页 |
| ·A New English-Chinese Dictionary | 第70-72页 |
| ·A Multi-purpose English-Chinese Dictionary for Study | 第72-73页 |
| ·New Age English-Chinese Dictionary | 第73-74页 |
| ·The New Century Multi-functional English-Chinese Dictionary | 第74-75页 |
| ·New English-Chinese Dictionary for College Students | 第75-77页 |
| ·Comparative analysis of the glosses in current mainstream EMLDs and ECLDs based on the Evaluation Criteria | 第77-83页 |
| ·Introduction | 第77页 |
| ·The analysis of the glosses in current mainstream EMLDs based on the Evaluation Criteria | 第77-80页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion one | 第77-78页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion two for EMLDs | 第78-79页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion three | 第79-80页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion four | 第80页 |
| ·The analysis of the glosses in current mainstream ECLDs based on the Evaluation Criteria | 第80-83页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion one | 第80-81页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion two for ECLDs | 第81-82页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion three | 第82-83页 |
| ·To evaluate according to Evaluation Criterion four | 第83页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第83-84页 |
| Chapter Five Tentative Suggestions for Gloss Treatment in ECLDs Based on the Evaluation Criteria | 第84-100页 |
| ·Introduction | 第84页 |
| ·Tentative suggestions for gloss treatment in ECLDs based on Evaluation Criteria | 第84-96页 |
| ·Tentative suggestion from Evaluation Criterion one | 第84-86页 |
| ·To provide the glosses with the aid of corpus | 第84-86页 |
| ·Tentative suggestions from Evaluation Criterion two for ECLDs | 第86-93页 |
| ·To provide semantic glosses for equivalence of semantic meaning | 第86-88页 |
| ·To provide grammatical glosses for equivalence of grammatical meaning | 第88-90页 |
| ·To provide pragmatical glosses for equivalence of pragmatic meaning | 第90-92页 |
| ·To provide cultural glosses for equivalence of cultural meaning | 第92-93页 |
| ·Tentative suggestions from Evaluation Criterion three | 第93-94页 |
| ·To make the glosses understandable | 第93-94页 |
| ·To establish a “Gloss”column in the macrostructure of ECLDs | 第94页 |
| ·Tentative suggestions from Evaluation Criterion four | 第94-96页 |
| ·To unify the wording and terms in the glosses | 第94-95页 |
| ·To add “signpost”in the entry | 第95页 |
| ·To make the format of the glosses consistent | 第95-96页 |
| ·A model of gloss treatment in ECLDs from the User Perspective | 第96-97页 |
| ·Tentative samples of the glosses in ECLDs | 第97-99页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第99-100页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第100-105页 |
| ·General views in retrospect | 第100-103页 |
| ·Summary of the present study | 第100-101页 |
| ·Major issues solved in the present study | 第101-103页 |
| ·The importance of the glosses | 第101页 |
| ·The gloss treatment in ECLDs from the User Perspective | 第101页 |
| ·The application of Communicative Theory of Lexicography and Relevance Theory in gloss treatment | 第101-102页 |
| ·The interpretation of “relevance”in dictionary glosses | 第102页 |
| ·The proposition of Evaluation Criteria of the glosses in English LDs | 第102-103页 |
| ·A tentative gloss treatment model for ECLDs | 第103页 |
| ·Innovations and limitations of the present study | 第103-104页 |
| ·Innovations | 第103页 |
| ·Limitations | 第103-104页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第104-105页 |
| Bibliography | 第105-110页 |
| Appendix I | 第110-113页 |
| Appendix II | 第113-117页 |
| Appendix III | 第117-122页 |
| Appendix IV | 第122-126页 |
