| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Appendices | 第11-12页 |
| Contents | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第16页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第17-19页 |
| ·Experiment 1: BWAT (Bilingual Word Association Test) | 第17-18页 |
| ·Experiment 2: Chinese-English Consecutive Interpreting Test | 第18-19页 |
| ·Outline of the study | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-36页 |
| ·Cognitive process of translating and interpreting | 第21-24页 |
| ·Translating as cognitive process | 第21-22页 |
| ·Interpreting as cognitive process | 第22-23页 |
| ·Translating and interpreting psychology | 第23-24页 |
| ·Mental lexicon | 第24-28页 |
| ·Mental lexical representation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Bilingual mental lexical representation | 第25-28页 |
| ·Bilingual mental lexicon in L2 acquisition | 第28-30页 |
| ·The relation between L2 proficiency and bilingual mental lexical representation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Research methods to investigate mental lexical representation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary of the literature | 第33-36页 |
| ·Brief summary of the literature review | 第34页 |
| ·Strength and weakness of the previous studies | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第36-44页 |
| ·Theoretical foundations | 第36-39页 |
| ·Mental lexical representation and L2 lexical development | 第36-37页 |
| ·Bilingual mental lexical representation and L2 proficiency | 第37-39页 |
| ·Variables to be investigated and their working definitions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Theoretical framework for the present study | 第40-42页 |
| ·Specific research questions | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第44-56页 |
| ·Subjects | 第44-45页 |
| ·Experiment Ⅰ | 第45-50页 |
| ·Instrument: Bilingual word association test | 第45-46页 |
| ·Prompt words | 第46-47页 |
| ·Procedures and data collection | 第47-48页 |
| ·Classification of data | 第48-50页 |
| ·Experiment Ⅱ | 第50-52页 |
| ·Instrument: Chinese-English consecutive interpreting test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Test materials | 第51-52页 |
| ·Procedures and data collection | 第52页 |
| ·Data analysis of data | 第52-56页 |
| ·Data analysis of bilingual word association test | 第53页 |
| ·Data analysis of consecutive interpreting test | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Analysis | 第56-68页 |
| ·Results of bilingual word association test and analysis | 第56-61页 |
| ·Semantic similarity responses according to L2 proficiency | 第56-58页 |
| ·Comparison of L2 response patterns among L2 proficiency groups | 第58-61页 |
| ·Results of CI test and comparison of CI fluency according to L2 proficiency | 第61-63页 |
| ·Discussions of the results | 第63-68页 |
| ·The correlation between L2 proficiency and CI fluency | 第64页 |
| ·The correlation between L2 proficiency and bilingual mental lexical representation | 第64-66页 |
| ·The correlation of bilingual mental lexical representation and CI fluency | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第68-73页 |
| ·Major findings | 第68-69页 |
| ·Concluding remarks | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and suggestions for further research | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-79页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第86页 |
