| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY | 第13-14页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第14-15页 |
| ·PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY | 第15-16页 |
| ·EXPLICIT RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第16页 |
| ·OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THIS THESIS | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-37页 |
| ·VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORKS | 第18-22页 |
| ·Richards' Vocabulary Knowledge Framework | 第18-20页 |
| ·Nation's Vocabulary Knowledge Frameworks | 第20-21页 |
| ·Affix Knowledge as a Part of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第21页 |
| ·Framework for the Present Paper | 第21-22页 |
| ·THEORIES AND HYPOTHESES | 第22-26页 |
| ·Receptive Word Knowledge vs. Productive Word Knowledge | 第22-23页 |
| ·Bauer and Nation’s Seven Affix Levels | 第23-24页 |
| ·Affix Acquisition Order Hypothesis | 第24-25页 |
| ·Affix Knowledge Acquisition & Vocabulary Size Relationship Hypothesis | 第25-26页 |
| ·REVIEW ON EMPIRICAL STUDY ON AFFIX ACQUISITION | 第26-34页 |
| ·Studies concerning Relationship between Affix Knowledge and Other Aspects of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第26-29页 |
| ·Studies concerning Affix Acquisition Order | 第29-31页 |
| ·Studies on Relationship between Affix Knowledge Acquisition and Vocabulary Size | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies on Relationship between Affix and Language Proficiency | 第32-33页 |
| ·Studies on Factors that Affect Affix Acquisition | 第33-34页 |
| ·COMMENTS ON THE PREVIOUS STUDIES | 第34-37页 |
| ·Strengths of the Previous Studies | 第34页 |
| ·Weaknesses of the previous studies | 第34-35页 |
| ·Problems to be Solved in Future Study | 第35-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN | 第37-43页 |
| ·EXPLICIT RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第37页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第37-38页 |
| ·INSTRUMENTATION | 第38-40页 |
| ·Vocabulary Size Test | 第38页 |
| ·Affix Knowledge Test | 第38-40页 |
| ·A PILOT STUDY | 第40-41页 |
| ·PROCEDURES FOR THE DATA COLLECTION | 第41页 |
| ·SCORING OF THE TESTS | 第41-42页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第42-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS | 第43-59页 |
| ·DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC DATA FROM TESTS | 第43-46页 |
| ·Subjects' Total Vocabulary Size and All Types of Affix Knowledge | 第43-44页 |
| ·Vocabulary Size and All Types of Affix Knowledge of Different Grades | 第44-46页 |
| ·TENDENCY COMPARISONS BY DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS | 第46-51页 |
| ·Comparisons between Receptive and Productive Affix Knowledge Acquisition of Different Grades by Affix, Prefix and Suffix Dimensions | 第46-49页 |
| ·Comparisons between Affix, Prefix and Suffix Knowledge of Different Grades by Receptive / Productive Mastery | 第49-51页 |
| ·CORRELATIONS ANALYSIS | 第51-54页 |
| ·Correlations among Vocabulary Size and Affix Knowledge | 第51-52页 |
| ·Correlations between Different Types of Affix Knowledge and Vocabulary Size | 第52页 |
| ·Correlations between Different Types of Affix Knowledge | 第52-54页 |
| ·AFFIX KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION ORDER | 第54-59页 |
| ·Receptive Affixes Acquisition Order | 第54-56页 |
| ·Productive Affix Knowledge Acquisition Order | 第56-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS | 第59-72页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSES | 第59-64页 |
| ·The Situation of Subjects' Vocabulary Size and Affix Acquisition | 第59-60页 |
| ·Progressive Tendency of Vocabulary Size and Affix Knowledge Acquisition through Grades | 第60页 |
| ·Relationship between Vocabulary Size and Affix Acquisition | 第60-61页 |
| ·Correlations between Different Types of Affix Knowledge and Vocabulary Size | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Relationship between All Types of Affix Knowledge | 第62-63页 |
| ·The Affix Acquisition Order | 第63-64页 |
| ·DISCUSSIONS | 第64-72页 |
| ·Receptive Superiority Vs. Productive Inferiority | 第64-66页 |
| ·Suffix Superiority Vs Prefix Inferiority | 第66-68页 |
| ·Factors Affect Affix Acquisition Order | 第68-70页 |
| ·The Progressive Tendency through Different Grades | 第70-72页 |
| CHAPTER SIX IMPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS | 第72-76页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING | 第72-74页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第74-76页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第76-84页 |
| APPENDIX 1 英语词汇水平测试 | 第84-85页 |
| APPENDIX 2 | 第85-89页 |
