Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 The dictionary and pictorial illustration

1.2 Key terms

1.3 A Sketchy history of pictorial illustration in English dictionaries

1.4 A Survey of dictionaries in regard to pictorial illustration

1.5 An outline of previous studies

1.6 Rationale for the thesis

1.7 Purposes of the study

1.8 An outline of the chapters

Chapter 2 Language and picture

2.1 Pictures,the origins of writing

2.2 Chinese and pictorial illustration

2.3 Characteristics and functions of language and pictures

2.4 Linguistic fuzziness,generality,and polysemy and pictorial illustration

2.5 Part of speech and pictorial illustration

Chapter 3 Psychology and pictorial illustration

3.1 The nervous system

3.2 The brain

3.3 Vision

3.4 Pictures in the mind

3.5 Memory

Chapter 4 Semantic relation and pictorial illustration

4.1 Semantic relation

4.2 Pictorial illustrations and the semantic relations they represent

Chapter 5 Functions of pictorial illustration and vocabulary learning

5.1 Functions of pictorial illustration

5.2 Vocabulary learning and pictorial illustration

Chapter 6 Pictorial illustration in the digital age

6.1 The emergence and development of electronic dictionaries

6.2 Advantages of printed and electronic dictionaries

6.3 Advantages of pictorial illustration in electronic dictionaries

6.4 The present situation of pictorial illustration in electronic dictionaries

6.5 The future of pictorial illustration in electronic dictionaries

Chapter 7 Conclusion

Works of Reference