| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-11页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH | 第11-12页 |
| ·PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE RESEARCH | 第12-13页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS | 第13页 |
| ·LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-34页 |
| ·STUDIES ON MENTAL LEXICON | 第14-24页 |
| ·Definition of mental lexicon | 第14-15页 |
| ·The organization of mental lexicon | 第15-21页 |
| ·Word Association Test | 第21-24页 |
| ·STUDIES ON READING COMPREHENSION | 第24-30页 |
| ·Definitions of reading | 第24页 |
| ·Researches on reading | 第24-26页 |
| ·L2 reading and related researches | 第26-28页 |
| ·The relationship of vocabulary and reading comprehension | 第28-30页 |
| ·READING COMPREHENSION AND MENTAL LEXICON AT COLLEGE LEVEL | 第30-34页 |
| ·Significance of reading ability at college level | 第30-31页 |
| ·Distinctive features of SLR at college level | 第31-32页 |
| ·Reading comprehension through mental lexicon construction | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH DESIGN | 第34-44页 |
| ·ABOUT THE SUBJECTS | 第34-35页 |
| ·QUESTIONNAIRE | 第35页 |
| ·WA TEST | 第35-36页 |
| ·VKS TEST | 第36-37页 |
| ·SELECTION OF STIMULUS WORD | 第37-39页 |
| ·DATA COLLECTION | 第39-40页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF DATA | 第40-42页 |
| ·Paradigmatic response | 第41页 |
| ·Syntagmatic response | 第41页 |
| ·clang- other,no sense response and no response | 第41-42页 |
| ·Scoring of the WA response | 第42页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION | 第44-72页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第44页 |
| ·THE RESULT OF READING PROFICIENCY TEST | 第44-46页 |
| ·THE RESULT AND ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE | 第46-47页 |
| ·THE RESULT AND ANALYSIS OF WORD ASSOCIATION TEST | 第47-67页 |
| ·The general mental lexicon patterns of all the subjects | 第47-49页 |
| ·The general mental lexicon patterns of high level and low level groups | 第49-52页 |
| ·Comparison between WA Responses and Result of VKS Test | 第52-57页 |
| ·Analysis on Clang-other Response | 第57-63页 |
| ·Analysis on semantic responses | 第63-67页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第67-72页 |
| ·The mix of semantic and non-semantic connections | 第67-68页 |
| ·The interrelationship between word knowledge and mental lexicon | 第68-70页 |
| ·Reconstruction of mental lexicon | 第70-72页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第72-81页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS | 第72-73页 |
| ·THEORETICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS | 第73-79页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第73-75页 |
| ·Pedagogical Contributions | 第75-79页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE STUDY | 第79-81页 |
| REFERENCES | 第81-88页 |
| APPENDICES | 第88-94页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第94-95页 |
| RESUME | 第95页 |
