Chapter 1 introduction
1.1 Rationale of the Present Research
1.1.1 Role and Significance of Cultural Information in ECLDs in Foreign Culture Learning
1.1.2 Present Situation of the Study of CI in ECLDs
1.1.3 Cognitive Shift of Dictionary Research
1.1.4 Rise of Bilingual Corpora in the Compilation of ECLDs
1.2 Terminological Establishment
1.2.1 ECLD
1.2.2 CI
1.2.3 Presentation Model of CI
1.2.4 Chinese EFL Learners
1.3 Objectives of the Research
1.4 Methodology and Data of the Research
1.4.1 Methodology of the Research
1.4.2 Data of the Research
1.5 Organization of th
Chapter 2 Literature Review of CI in ECLDs
2.1 Significance of CI in ECLDs
2.2 Content of CI in ECLDs
2.3 Presentation Ways of CI
Chapter 3 Theoretical Consideration
3.1 Interaction of Semantics and Culture
3.1.1 Relationship of Language and Culture
3.1.2 Influence of Cultural Model on Semantics
3.1.3 Cultural Elements in Linguistic Units
3.2 CI in Foreign Language Teaching
3.3 CI in English-Chinese Learner's Dictionaries
3.4 Characteristics of CI in ECLDS
3.4.1 Abundance in knowledge
3.4.2 Systematicity
3.4.3 Country Specificity
3.4.4 Openness
3.5 Cultural Didactic Function of ECLDs
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4 Survey of the Presentation of CI in ECLDs
4.1 Presentation of CI of Cultural Words
4.1.1 Presentation of CI of Culture-Specific Words in ECLDs
4.1.1.1 Coverage of Culture-Specific Words in ECLDs
4.1.1.2 Presentation Ways of CI of Culture-Specific Words
4.1.2 Presentation of CI of Culture-Associative Words
4.1.2.1 Coverage of Culture-Associative Words in ECLDs
4.1.2.2 Presentation Ways of CI of Culture-Associative Words
4.1.3. Presentation of CI of Cultural Idioms
4.1.3.1 Coverage of Cultural Idioms in ECLDs
4.1.3.2 Presentation Ways of CI of Cultural Idioms
4.2 Presentation of CI of Illustrative Examples
4.3 Presentation of CI at the Textual Level
4.4 Reflections on Survey Results
Chapter 5 Presentation Principles of CI in ECLDs
5.1 Equivalence Principle