| Acknowledgments | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Aim and Significance of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-46页 |
| ·Definitions of Key Terms | 第17-27页 |
| ·Working memory and Short-term memory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Working memory capacity | 第19页 |
| ·Main models about information processing | 第19-22页 |
| ·Main models about language representation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Spreading activation theory of memory | 第24-27页 |
| ·Theoretical Arguments | 第27-40页 |
| ·Theories on short-term sentence recall | 第27-34页 |
| ·Theories on sentence comprehension | 第34-40页 |
| ·Review of Related Literature on Empirical Studies | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第46-56页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第46-47页 |
| ·Working Memory Span Test Design | 第47-49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第47页 |
| ·Materials | 第47-48页 |
| ·Procedures | 第48页 |
| ·Grading of working memory span | 第48-49页 |
| ·Short-term Sentence Recall Task Design | 第49-53页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50页 |
| ·Materials | 第50-51页 |
| ·Procedure | 第51-53页 |
| ·Grading of sentence recall | 第53页 |
| ·An On-line Sentence Comprehension Task Design | 第53-55页 |
| ·Subjects | 第53页 |
| ·Materials | 第53-54页 |
| ·Procedure | 第54-55页 |
| ·Grading of sentence comprehension test | 第55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Four Results Discussion | 第56-79页 |
| ·The Role of Working Memory Span in Short-term Sentence Recall | 第56-60页 |
| ·The role of working memory in word recall | 第56-57页 |
| ·The role of working memory in sentence recall under different presentation modes | 第57-59页 |
| ·The role of working memory in conceptual regeneration | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Role of Working Memory in Sentence Comprehension | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Correlation between Tasks | 第62-64页 |
| ·Discussion | 第64-78页 |
| ·The effect of working memory on word recall | 第64-66页 |
| ·The effect of working memory on phonological encoding | 第66-70页 |
| ·The effect of working memory on conceptual regeneration | 第70-72页 |
| ·The effect of working memory on syntactic processing | 第72-75页 |
| ·The correlation between short-term sentence recall and on-line sentence comprehension tasks | 第75-78页 |
| ·Summary | 第78-79页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第79-86页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications for Second Language Teaching | 第81-83页 |
| ·Limitation of the Study | 第83页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第83-86页 |
| References | 第86-89页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ:An instruction for Working Memory Test | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ:An instruction for Short-term Sentence Recall Task | 第90-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ:Writing Sheet for Short-term sentence Recall Test | 第91-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ:Sentences and Lure Words Used in Experiment Two | 第92-94页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的论文 | 第94-95页 |
| 备注 | 第95-96页 |
