| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review of Category Research | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Classical Approach to Category | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to Category | 第15-21页 |
| ·Challenge from the Philosophical Field: Wittegenstein’s Family Resemblance | 第15-17页 |
| ·Challenge from the Psychological and Linguistic Field | 第17-21页 |
| ·Berlin & Kay’s Discovery | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rosch’s Pioneering Work on Prototype Theory | 第18-21页 |
| 3. Application of Category Theory to Vocabulary Memorization | 第21-39页 |
| ·Category and Its Hierarchical System | 第21-29页 |
| ·Category and Categorization | 第21-23页 |
| ·Levels of Categorization | 第23-26页 |
| ·Basic Level Category and Basic-Level-Category Vocabulary | 第26-29页 |
| ·Basic Level Category | 第26-27页 |
| ·Memorization of Basic-Level-Category Vocabulary | 第27-29页 |
| ·Activation of the Vocabulary | 第29-33页 |
| ·Spread of Activation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Longitudinal Activation | 第30-31页 |
| ·Transversal Activation | 第31页 |
| ·Radiant Activation | 第31-33页 |
| ·Association with the Attributes of Category | 第31-32页 |
| ·Affixes | 第32-33页 |
| ·Memorization of Polysemy | 第33-36页 |
| ·Categorization and Memory | 第36-39页 |
| ·Three Processes of Memory | 第36-37页 |
| ·Affection of Categorization on Memory | 第37-39页 |
| ·Affection of Categorization on Encoding | 第37-38页 |
| ·Affection of Categorization on Retrieval | 第38-39页 |
| 4. An Investigation into the Application of Category Theory to Vocabulary Memorization | 第39-58页 |
| ·Objective | 第39-40页 |
| ·Method | 第40-50页 |
| ·Phase 1: A Questionnaire about Vocabulary Memorization | 第40-46页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40页 |
| ·Findings and Analysis | 第40-46页 |
| ·Expectation of Vocabulary Acquisition | 第40-42页 |
| ·Problems of Vocabulary Memorization | 第42-44页 |
| ·Causes of the Problems | 第44-46页 |
| ·Phase 2: Three Retention Experiments | 第46-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第46-47页 |
| ·Pretest | 第47-48页 |
| ·A Technique Used during the Memorization of Vocabulary | 第48页 |
| ·Experiment 1 --- Memorizing the Vocabulary in a Random Order | 第48-49页 |
| ·Experiment 2 --- Memorizing the Vocabulary Categorized According to the Hierarchical System | 第49页 |
| ·Experiment 3 --- Memorizing the Vocabulary According to the Students Own Ability of Categorization | 第49-50页 |
| ·Interviews | 第50页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第50-58页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis of the Data and Interviews | 第50-55页 |
| ·Feasibility of This Vocabulary Acquisition Strategy | 第55页 |
| ·Implications for Vocabulary Teaching | 第55-58页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix One | 第60-61页 |
| Appendix Two | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix Three | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
