| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| ·Importance of Hapax Legomena | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Study of Word Frequency | 第12-13页 |
| ·Hapax Legomena in EFL Teaching and Linguistics Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Aims of this Study and Research Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of this Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background | 第16-26页 |
| ·Theories on Word Frequency Distributions | 第16-22页 |
| ·Zipf's Contribution to Word Frequency Studies | 第16-17页 |
| ·High Frequency Words | 第17-19页 |
| ·Low Frequency Words | 第19-22页 |
| ·Significance of Hapaxes in Vocabulary Richness | 第22-24页 |
| ·Vocabulary Growth | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Collection, Processing and Analysis | 第26-52页 |
| ·Introduction to MEE Corpus | 第26-31页 |
| ·Sampling Description | 第31-35页 |
| ·Computer Programming | 第31页 |
| ·Basic Lexical Statistics of the MEE Corpus | 第31-35页 |
| ·Hapax Distribution and its Relationship with Other Lexical Measures | 第35-38页 |
| ·Hapax Distribution Across the Samples | 第35-36页 |
| ·Number of Word Types and Number of Hapaxes | 第36-38页 |
| ·Inter-textual Hapax Growth Model | 第38-42页 |
| ·Inter-textual Hapax Growth Pattern | 第38-40页 |
| ·Hapax Growth | 第40-42页 |
| ·Discussion | 第42-49页 |
| ·Number of Hapaxes | 第42-43页 |
| ·Classification of Hapaxes | 第43-49页 |
| ·Word Formation of Hapaxes | 第49-52页 |
| ·Numbers | 第49-50页 |
| ·Names | 第50页 |
| ·Abbreviation | 第50页 |
| ·Derivation | 第50页 |
| ·Compounds | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Main Findings of the Research | 第52页 |
| ·Suggestion for Further Research | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendices | 第57-62页 |
| Appendix 1 Programme for Hapax Legomena and Dis Legomena | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix 2 Programme for Calculating the Hapaxes in MEE | 第58-59页 |
| Appendix 3 Programme of New Hapaxes48 | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix 4 Programme of Dividing into Four Parts | 第60-62页 |
| Publications | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Resume | 第64页 |
