| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第16-20页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research Purposes | 第18-19页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-47页 |
| ·Theoretical Background of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第20-28页 |
| ·Vocabulary knowledge frameworks | 第20-25页 |
| ·Richards' framework of vocablulary knowledge | 第21页 |
| ·Nation's classification of vocabulary knowledge | 第21-23页 |
| ·Henriksen's continuum model | 第23-24页 |
| ·Qian's conceptual framework of vocabulary knowledge | 第24-25页 |
| ·Vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension | 第25-28页 |
| ·Measures of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第28-36页 |
| ·Measures of the breadth of vocabulary knowledge | 第28-32页 |
| ·Measures of the depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第32-36页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Reading Comprehension | 第36-43页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the relationship between the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第36-38页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the relationship between the breadth of vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading comprehension | 第38-40页 |
| ·Empirical studies on the relationship between both the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading comprehension | 第40-43页 |
| ·Operational Definitions | 第43-44页 |
| ·Limitations of the Previous Empirical Studies of Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Reading Comprehension | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第47-57页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第47页 |
| ·Subjects | 第47-48页 |
| ·Instruments | 第48-54页 |
| ·Test of the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第49-53页 |
| ·Test of the breadth of vocabulary knowledge | 第49-51页 |
| ·Test of the depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第51-53页 |
| ·Test of L2 reading comprehension | 第53-54页 |
| ·Scoring Methods | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reliability Analyses | 第55页 |
| ·Data Analyses | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第57-79页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics | 第57-58页 |
| ·Correlation Matrix for the Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第58-59页 |
| ·Canonical Correlation Analysis of the Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第59-62页 |
| ·Multiple Regression Analyses | 第62-68页 |
| ·The regression of L2 reading comprehension on the breadth of vocabulary knowledge | 第63-65页 |
| ·The regression of L2 reading comprehension on the depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第65-68页 |
| ·Discussion | 第68-79页 |
| ·Significant correlations between components of both breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第68-70页 |
| ·A very strong canonical correlation between the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge | 第70-73页 |
| ·Predictions of the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge of L2 reading comprehension | 第73-79页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第79-84页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications | 第81-83页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第81页 |
| ·Methodological implications | 第81页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第81-83页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第83页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第83-84页 |
| References | 第84-91页 |
| Appendices | 第91-107页 |
