| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第13页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| ·Design of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-23页 |
| ·The Notion of Mental lLexicon | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies of the L1 Mental Lexicon | 第15-18页 |
| ·Semantic View | 第15-18页 |
| ·Phonological View | 第18页 |
| ·Studies on L2 Mental Lexicon | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Phonological View | 第19页 |
| ·The Semantic View | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Syntagmatic View | 第20页 |
| ·Similarities between L1 and L2 Mental lexicon | 第20-22页 |
| ·Difference between L1 and L2 Mental Lexicon | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第23-29页 |
| ·Mental Lexicon as a Lexical Network | 第23页 |
| ·Word Association Test and Response Types | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Depth of Individual Word Knowledge | 第25-26页 |
| ·Lexical Representation and Development Model | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第29-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29页 |
| ·Instruments | 第29-33页 |
| ·Word Association Test | 第29-32页 |
| ·Depth of Individual Word Knowledge Test | 第32-33页 |
| ·Procedure | 第33-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-34页 |
| ·Scoring | 第34-36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-43页 |
| ·The Overall Response Patterns of the Native Speakers and the L2 Learners | 第36-37页 |
| ·Response Patterns According to VKS Scores | 第37-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussions | 第43-50页 |
| ·Discussion about Vocabulary Acquisition in L2 mental Lexicon | 第43-47页 |
| ·Problems in L2 Vocabulary Acquisition | 第43页 |
| ·Connections between Words in the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第43-44页 |
| ·Internal Structure of an Entry in the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第44-45页 |
| ·Classification of Word Knowledge | 第45-46页 |
| ·Reasons for the Lack of Meaningful Relations in the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第46-47页 |
| ·Depth of Individual Word Knowledge and Structure of L2 Mental Lexicon | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis of the Differences in the Responses of the NS and L2 learners | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| ·Summaries of the Finding of the Present Study | 第50-51页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第52页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix I Word Association Test for Chinese Learners | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix II Depth of Individual Word Knowledge Test for CL | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix III Word Association Test for Native Speakers | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix IV Depth of Individual Word Knowledge Test for NS | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix V Total Scores of the Association Proportion of NS and L2 Learners(CLE) | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix VI Comparison Between the Total Scores of the NS and the L2 Learners | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix VII The Top Three Response of NS and L2 Learners for Each Stimulus Word | 第71-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73页 |
