| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-26页 |
| ·Vocabulary and Its Importance in College English Teaching and Learning | 第13-17页 |
| ·Studies about Vocabulary Teaching Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Current Studies about Vocabulary Teaching at Home | 第19-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第26-59页 |
| ·Category and Categorization | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Classical Theory of Categories | 第30-36页 |
| ·The Aristotelian View on Category | 第30-33页 |
| ·A Classical View in Semantics | 第33-35页 |
| ·Evaluation of the Aristotelian View on Category | 第35-36页 |
| ·Wittgenstein's "Family Resemblance" | 第36-43页 |
| ·Wittgenstein and Family Resemblance | 第36-38页 |
| ·More Support for Family Resemblance | 第38-41页 |
| ·Folk Categories and Expert Categories | 第41-43页 |
| ·Prototype Category Theory | 第43-52页 |
| ·Definition of Prototypes | 第43-46页 |
| ·Characteristics of Prototypicality | 第46-49页 |
| ·Prototypic Effect in Vocabulary Acquisition | 第49-52页 |
| ·Levels of Categorization and Basic Level Categories | 第52-59页 |
| Chapter Three The Implications of Prototype Category Theory for College English Vocabulary Teaching | 第59-80页 |
| ·Giving Priority to Teaching Basic Level Category Terms | 第59-65页 |
| ·Laying Emphasis on Exploring the Semantic Link between the Lexical Items of Polysemy | 第65-75页 |
| ·Attaching Importance to Words Memory by Semantic Organization | 第75-80页 |
| Chapter Four The Experiment and Its Analyses | 第80-101页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第80页 |
| ·Objectives | 第80-81页 |
| ·Subjects | 第81页 |
| ·Teaching Materials Used in Class | 第81-82页 |
| ·Design | 第82-83页 |
| ·Teaching Methods Used in the CC and EC | 第83-84页 |
| ·Teaching Steps | 第84-91页 |
| ·Pre-class Preparation | 第84-85页 |
| ·Classroom Presentation | 第85-88页 |
| ·Consolidation in Classroom | 第88-89页 |
| ·Consolidation out of Classroom | 第89-90页 |
| ·Post-tests | 第90-91页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analyses | 第91-99页 |
| ·Summary | 第99-101页 |
| Conclusion | 第101-103页 |
| Bibliography | 第103-107页 |
| Appendix I A questionnaire for the survey | 第107-111页 |
| Appendix II | 第111-113页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第113-115页 |
