Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Related theories and notions 2.1 Patterning and extended units of meaning 2.2 Three key notions 2.2.1 Collocation 2.2.2 Colligation 2.2.3 Semantic prosody Chapter 3 Research design 3.1 Research questions 3.2 Research method--CIA 3.2.1 Corpus approach 3.2.2 CIA 3.3 Instruments 3.3.1 Corpora--CLEC and LOB 3.3.2 Software--AntConc 3.4 Sample verbs selected 3.5 Procedures Chapter 4 Results 4.1 Sample verb 1 4.2 Sample verb 2 4.3 Sample verb 3 Chapter 5 Analysis and discussion 5.1 Accounting for non-nafveness in Chinese EFL learner use 5.1.1 Lack of typicality 5.1.2 Native language transfer 5.2 Various focuses in different approaches 5.2.1 Contrastive Analysis (CA) 5.2.2 Error Analysis (EA) 5.2.3 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis (CIA) Chapter 6 Implications For EFL vocabulary teaching and learning 6.1 Incorporating learner divergences into production dictionary 6.2 Making good use of corpus-based materials 6.3 Applying DDL in dassroom Chapter 7 Conclusion 7.1 Major findings 7.2 Limitations and suggestions for further study Bibliography Appendix 1 Appendix 2