论英汉学习型词典的同义词辨析专栏

摘要

对于广大的英语学习者来说，学习过程中最困惑的问题之一就是英语同义词的辨析。因为一方面，英语中有很多同义词;而另一方面，同义词辨析的能力已经成为考察英语水平的一个关键指标。英汉学习型词典中的同义词辨析专栏是英语学习者一种重要的参考工具，然而在现今的英汉学习型词典中，同义词辨析专栏并不尽如人意。因此本文旨在优化学习型词典中的同义词专栏。
　　本文首先对前人在同义词方面的研究进行了文献综述，结果发现尽管语料库技术已经运用到词典编纂，也被用于同义词辨析，但这三方面从未结合起来研究，也就是说，语料库的成果从未被运用到词典中的同义词专栏。因此本文尝试在研究中将这三方面结合起来。
　　接着文献综述本文介绍了在研究中需要的七种理论，分别是成分分析法、语义场理论、原型理论、搭配理论、语义韵、意义七分法以及用户视角理论。在这些理论的基础上，本文将语料库的方法运用到选取同义词列和同义词辨析两个方面，所得出的结论将作为评估现今学习型词典中同义词辨析专栏的一个标准。通过对三本具有代表性的英汉学习型词典的研究和分析，作者发现它们的同义词专栏既有优点也有缺点。在此基础上，作者提出了一些改进的建议，并给出了改进后的专栏样例，希望可以对将来同义词辨析专栏的优化起到一定的启示作用。

目录

声明

Abstract

摘要

Table of Contents

Chapter One Introduction

1．1 Rationale for the Present Study

1．1．1 Difficulties in Distinguishing Synonyms

1．1．2 Importance of Synonyms in English Learning

1．1．3 Synonym Discrimination Information in ECLDs

1．1．4 ECLDs as Object of Study

1．1．5 Summary

1．2 Objectives of the Present Study

1．3 Research Methodology

1．4 Organization of the Thesis

Chapter Two Previous Studies

2．1 Previous Linguistic Studies on Synonyms

2．1．1 Definition of Synonym

2．1．2 Classification of Synonyms

2．1．3 Clusters of Synonyms

2．2 Previous Lexicographical Studies on Synonyms

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework

3．1 Theories employed

3．1．1 Componential Analysis Theory

3．1．2 Semantic Field Theory

3．1．3 Prototype Theory

3．1．4 Collocational Theory

3．1．5 Semantic Prosody

3．1．6 Seven Types of Meaning

3．1．7 User’s Perspective

3．2 Relationship of the Theories

3．3 Summary

Chapter Four Corpus-Based Approach to the Discrimination of Synonyms

4．1 Introduction

4．1．1 The Corpora and Supporting Tool

4．1．2 Clusters to Be Investigated

4．1．3 Research Procedures

4．2 Determination of the Items of Clusters

4．2．1 The Items in the Cluster of fat (adj．)

4．2．2 The Items in the Cluster of demand (v．)

4．2．3 The Items in the Cluster of mistake (n．)

4．3 Discrimination of Synonyms

4．3．1 Discrimination of Synonyms in the Cluster of fat

4．3．2 Discrimination of Synonyms in the Cluster of demand

4．3．3 Discrimination of Synonym in the Cluster of mistake

4．4 Summary

Chapter Five Analysis of Current Practice

5．1 Introduction to the Dictionaries

5．1．1 OALD 7th

5．1．2 NAECD

5．1．3 ANECD 4th

5．2 General Characteristics of SDBs in the Three Dictionaries

5．2．1 General Characteristics of SDBs in OALD 7th

5．2．2 General Characteristics of SDBs in NAECD

5．2．3 General Characteristics of SDBs in ANECD 4th

5．2．4 Comparison of the General Characteristics of SDBs in the Three Dictionaries

5．3 Items in the SDBs of fat，demand and mistake in the Three Dictionaries

5．3．1 Items in the SDBs of fat in the Three Dictionaries

5．3．2 Items in the SDBs of demand in the Three Dictionaries

5．3．3 Items in the SDBs of mistake in the Three Dictionaries

5．3．4 Analysis of the Results

5．4 Discrimination of Synonyms in the Three Dictionaries

5．4．1 Discrimination of the Items in the Clusters of fat in the Three Dictionaries

5．4．2 Discrimination of the Items in the Clusters of demand in the Three Dictionaries

5．4．3 Discrimination of the Items in the Clusters of mistake in the Three Dictionaries

5．5 Summary

Chapter Six Tentative Suggestions and Proposed Model

6．1 Tentative suggestions

6．1．1 Determination of the Items in a Cluster

6．1．2 Diserimination of the Items

6．2 A Tentative Model for SDB

6．3 Summary

Chapter Seven Conclusion

7．1 Findings of the Present Study

7．2 Limitations of the Present Study

7．3 Suggestions for Future Research

APPENDIX A-LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX B-LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

REFERENCES

Acknowledgements