| Chapter One. Introduction | 第1-10页 |
| ·Literature review | 第8页 |
| ·Layout of this dissertation | 第8-9页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter Two. Basic Concepts Concerning Lexical Collocation | 第10-23页 |
| ·Studies on word and word meaning | 第10-13页 |
| ·Definition of a word | 第10-12页 |
| ·Concepts about word meaning | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition and properties of collocation | 第13-23页 |
| ·Definition of collocation | 第13-15页 |
| ·Features of collocation | 第15-16页 |
| ·Classification of collocation | 第16-20页 |
| ·Free collocation, Restricted collocation, Idiom | 第17-19页 |
| ·Grammatical collocation, lexical collocation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Significance of lexical collocation | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three. Semantic Analysis of Lexical Collocation | 第23-49页 |
| ·Componential analysis | 第24-31页 |
| ·Interpretation of componential analysis | 第24-25页 |
| ·Function of componential analysis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Implication of componential analysis in collocation | 第26-31页 |
| ·Semantic field | 第31-40页 |
| ·Concept of semantic field | 第33-34页 |
| ·Implication of semantic field in collocation | 第34-40页 |
| ·Words of a semantic field have higher co-occurrence | 第34-35页 |
| ·Words of a semantic field have respective collocational restrictions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Distinguish synonyms through collocation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Distinguish words of similar meaning of English and Chinese through collocation | 第38-40页 |
| ·Selection restrictions | 第40-46页 |
| ·Concept of selection restrictions | 第40-41页 |
| ·Classification of restrictions | 第41页 |
| ·Implication of selection restrictions in collocation | 第41-46页 |
| ·Semantic prosody | 第46-49页 |
| ·Concept of semantic prosody | 第46-47页 |
| ·Implication of semantic prosody in collocation | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four. The Application of Studies of Collocation in English Language Teaching | 第49-59页 |
| ·Diagnosis of lexical collocation errors made by Chinese learners | 第49-53页 |
| ·Errors by negative transfer | 第49-51页 |
| ·Errors by confusion of semantic similarity | 第51-53页 |
| ·Application in English teaching and learning | 第53-55页 |
| ·Teachers' collocation input | 第53-54页 |
| ·Learners' collocation output | 第54-55页 |
| ·collocation exercises | 第55-59页 |
| ·Collocation awareness exercise | 第56-57页 |
| ·Completion exercises | 第57页 |
| ·Production exercises | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five. Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix one:A copy of collocation exercises | 第65-68页 |
| Appendix two:Reference of the exercise | 第68-70页 |
