| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1．1 Significance of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Research Orientation | 第12-13页 |
| 1．3 Contents of This Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2． Review of Related Literature | 第15-27页 |
| 2．1 Studies on Definition of a Word | 第15-18页 |
| 2．1．1 Carroll et al's Definition of a Word | 第15-16页 |
| 2．1．2 Linguistic Dictionaries' Definition for a Word | 第16-17页 |
| 2．1．3 Nation's Definition of a Word | 第17-18页 |
| 2．2 Studies on Defining Vocabulary Knowledge | 第18-24页 |
| 2．2．1 Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第18-22页 |
| 2．2．1．1 Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第18-19页 |
| 2．2．1．2 Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第19-22页 |
| 2．2．2 Receptive vs． Productive Vocabulary Knowledge | 第22-24页 |
| 2．3 Emphirical Studies on Development of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第24-26页 |
| 2．4 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| 3． Research Theoretical Framework | 第27-33页 |
| 3．1 Theoretical Foundation--Vocabulary Knowledge Framework | 第27-28页 |
| 3．2 The Definition of a Word in This Study | 第28-29页 |
| 3．3 The Knowledge Types Under Investigation | 第29-31页 |
| 3．4 Variables in the Present Study | 第31-32页 |
| 3．5 Specific Research Questions | 第32-33页 |
| 4． Methodology | 第33-42页 |
| 4．1 Research Design | 第33-34页 |
| 4．2 Subjects | 第34-36页 |
| 4．2．1 Information on Subjects | 第34-35页 |
| 4．2．2 Selection of Subjects | 第35-36页 |
| 4．3 Test Word Selection | 第36-37页 |
| 4．3．1 Establishment of the Criterion | 第36页 |
| 4．3．2 Choice of Words | 第36-37页 |
| 4．4 Test Paper Design | 第37-38页 |
| 4．4．1 Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Test Paper | 第37-38页 |
| 4．4．2 Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge Test Paper | 第38页 |
| 4．5 Procedures for Administering the Tests | 第38-39页 |
| 4．6 Scoring of the Tests | 第39-41页 |
| 4．6．1 Scoring of the papers | 第39-41页 |
| 4．6．1．1 Scoring of Meaning and Collocations Both Receptively and Productively | 第40页 |
| 4．6．1．2 Total Vocabulary Knowledge Scoring | 第40-41页 |
| 4．7 Methods for Data Analysis | 第41-42页 |
| 5 Results | 第42-55页 |
| 5．1 Correlation | 第42-49页 |
| 5．1．1 Total Vocabulary Knowledge | 第42-43页 |
| 5．1．2 Total Productive and Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge | 第43-44页 |
| 5．1．3 Two Types of Vocabulary Knowledge in terms of Productive and Receptive Ability | 第44-45页 |
| 5．1．4 Individual Words | 第45-49页 |
| 5．1．4．1 Productive and Receptive Knowledge | 第45-46页 |
| 5．1．4．2 Productive Knowledge | 第46-47页 |
| 5．1．4．3 Receptive Knowledge | 第47-49页 |
| 5．2 Variance | 第49-55页 |
| 5．2．1 Development of Total Vocabulary Knowledge | 第49-50页 |
| 5．2．2 Vocabulary Knowledge Development of Individual Words | 第50-53页 |
| 5．2．2．1 Development of Receptive Knowledge | 第50-51页 |
| 5．2．2．2 Development of Productive Knowledge | 第51-53页 |
| 5．2．3 Development Difference between Productive and Receptive Knowledge | 第53-55页 |
| 6 Discussion and Conclusion | 第55-63页 |
| 6．1 Discussion | 第55-57页 |
| 6．1．1 The Relationship between Receptive and Productive Knowledge | 第55-56页 |
| 6．1．2 The Relationship between Knowledge of Meaning and Collocations | 第56-57页 |
| 6．2 Conclusion | 第57-63页 |
| 6．2．1 Major Findings | 第57-58页 |
| 6．2．2 Implications for Teaching Activities | 第58-62页 |
| 6．2．3 Limitations of the Present Study | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| Appendix1 | 第67-74页 |
| Appendix2 | 第74-77页 |
