| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第15页 |
| ·Significance of vocabulary | 第15-16页 |
| ·Neglect of vocabulary | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research questions | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-56页 |
| ·Clearing the ground | 第21-29页 |
| ·Second language vocabulary development. | 第21-26页 |
| ·Explicit vocabulary teaching and incidental word learning | 第26-28页 |
| ·Reading and vocabulary development | 第28-29页 |
| ·Reviews of related studies | 第29-35页 |
| ·Inferencing | 第29-30页 |
| ·Reviews of previous studies | 第30-33页 |
| ·Rationale | 第33-35页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第35-56页 |
| ·Theoretical basis from psychological perspective | 第35-42页 |
| ·Theoretical basis from linguistic perspective | 第42-52页 |
| ·Theoretical basis from strategic perspective | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter 3 Method | 第56-64页 |
| ·Participants | 第56页 |
| ·Materials | 第56-59页 |
| ·Texts | 第56-57页 |
| ·Target words | 第57-59页 |
| ·Instruments | 第59-61页 |
| ·Reading comprehension measures | 第59页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第59-61页 |
| ·Data Coding and Variables | 第61-62页 |
| ·Success of lexical inferencing | 第61-62页 |
| ·Reading comprehension | 第62页 |
| ·Guessing strategies | 第62页 |
| ·Procedures | 第62-63页 |
| ·Statistic tools for data analysis | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 4 Results | 第64-76页 |
| ·General guessing ability of Chinese EFL learners | 第64-65页 |
| ·Effect of context on lexical inferencing | 第65-67页 |
| ·Effect of different types of textual factors on lexical inferencing | 第67-70页 |
| ·Effect of text type on lexical inferencing | 第67-68页 |
| ·Effect of frequency of target words on lexical inferencing | 第68页 |
| ·Effect of part of speech of target words on lexical inferencing | 第68-69页 |
| ·Effect of morphological predictability on lexical inferencing | 第69-70页 |
| ·Relationship of textual factors to inferencing scores | 第70页 |
| ·Effect of learners' factors on lexical inferencing | 第70-76页 |
| ·Effect of sex on lexical inferencing | 第71页 |
| ·Effect of English Proficiency on lexical inferencing | 第71-72页 |
| ·Effect of reading comprehension on lexical inferencing | 第72-73页 |
| ·Effect of guessing strategies on lexical inferencing | 第73页 |
| ·Relationship of learners' factors to lexical inferencing | 第73-76页 |
| Chapter 5 General Discussion | 第76-82页 |
| ·Learning versus inferencing | 第76-77页 |
| ·General guessing ability of Chinese EFL learners | 第77页 |
| ·Effect of context on lexical inferencing | 第77-78页 |
| ·Effect of textual factors and learners' factors on lexical inferencing | 第78-80页 |
| ·Relationship of textual and learners' factors to lexical inferencing | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第82-86页 |
| ·General conclusions | 第82-83页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第83-85页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第85-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-91页 |
| Appendices | 第91-104页 |
| Papers published during 2004-2007 | 第104页 |
