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Acknowledgements | 第1-6
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英文摘要 | 第6-8
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中文摘要 | 第8-9
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Introduction | 第9-11
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Chapter One Literature Review | 第11-20
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1.1 What does lexical competence involve? | 第11-12
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1.2 Lexical semantics: the study of word-meaning | 第12-14
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1.2.1 The importance of teaching and learning word-meaning | 第12-13
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1.2.2 Current approach to the description of word-meaning | 第13
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1.2.3 The aspects of meaning to be tested | 第13-14
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1.3 Learning strategy | 第14-17
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1.3.1 Selective attention | 第15
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1.3.2 Inferencing | 第15-17
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1.4 Research findings of synonym learning | 第17-19
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1.5 The necessity of distinguishing synonyms from the perspective of meaning | 第19-20
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Chapter Two Knowledge on English Synonyms | 第20-25
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2.1 The classification, definition and characteristics of synonyms | 第20-21
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2.1.1 Classification | 第20
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2.1.2 Definition and Characteristics | 第20-21
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2.2 Sources of English synonyms | 第21-22
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2.3 How to distinguish English synonyms? | 第22-25
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Chapter Three Research Design | 第25-29
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3.1 Research Design | 第25-29
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3.1.1 Hypotheses | 第25
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3.1.2 Subjects | 第25-26
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3.1.3 Measuring instrument and procedure | 第26-27
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3.1.4 Scoring | 第27
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3.1.5 Statistical instruments | 第27-29
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Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第29-47
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4.1 Description of the results | 第29-33
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4.1.1 Results of the synonym test | 第29-31
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4.1.2 Scores of the three categories of test items | 第31
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4.1.3 Correlation between the synonym test results and the TEM-4 results | 第31-33
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4.2 Data Analysis of the Questionnaire | 第33-37
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4.2.1 The use of dictionaries | 第34-35
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4.2.2 Different aspects of synonyms attended to be the subjects | 第35-36
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4.2.3 Strategies and methods adopted by the subjects | 第36-37
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4.3 Discussion | 第37-47
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4.3.1 Learners' language proficiency positively correlates with their ability to use synonyms appropriately. The correlation results mainly from the use of different strategies | 第37-40
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4.3.2 Selective attention promotes synonym learning | 第40-42
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4.3.3 Consulting dictionaries is a helpful way in synonym learning, but the overuse of dictionaries may impede the learning | 第42-45
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4.3.4 Motivation alone is not sufficient to help achieve high learning efficiency | 第45-46
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4.3.5 Learners found the stylistic meaning of synonyms easier than the affective meaning and the emphatic aspect of conceptual meaning | 第46-47
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Chapter Five Suggestions for Synonym Teaching | 第47-54
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5.1 Learning strategy training | 第47-49
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5.2 Interactional input | 第49-50
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5.3 Dictionary use | 第50-51
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5.4 Principles for teaching synonyms | 第51-52
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5.5 Limitations | 第52-54
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References | 第54-57
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Appendix: The test paper on synonyms | 第57-60
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