| Chapter 1 Brief Introduction to the Present Study | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation and Previous Studies | 第12-28页 |
| ·Idiom Comprehension | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definitions to Idioms | 第12-13页 |
| ·Flores d'Arcais' Theory on Comprehension and Interpretation of Idioms | 第13-14页 |
| ·Cooper's Idiom Comprehension Strategies | 第14-15页 |
| ·Idiom Teaching and Learning | 第15-16页 |
| ·Daniel Gile's Model for Interpreting | 第16-18页 |
| ·Schema Theory and Interpretation | 第18-22页 |
| ·Bartlett's Remembering | 第18-19页 |
| ·Other Definitions of Schema | 第19-20页 |
| ·Features of Schema | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cultural Schema | 第21页 |
| ·Listening Comprehension Model Based on Schema Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Working Memory and Permanent Memory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Concerned Previous Studies | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Questions and Design | 第28-36页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Research Design | 第29-34页 |
| ·Subjects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Instruments of Experiment | 第30-32页 |
| ·Passage for Interpretation | 第32页 |
| ·Variables of the Experiment | 第32-34页 |
| ·Experiment Procedures | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 4 Experiment Results and Analysis | 第36-57页 |
| ·Data collection, Sampling and Levels of Analysis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics Analysis | 第37-49页 |
| ·Category 1: Familiar idioms with corresponding Chinese version | 第38-41页 |
| ·Category 2: Familiar idioms but without corresponding Chinese version | 第41-44页 |
| ·Category 3: Unfamiliar idioms | 第44-49页 |
| ·Qualitative Analysis and Discussions | 第49-55页 |
| ·The Effect of Cultural Schemata Familiarity on Category 1 Idioms | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Effect of Cultural Schemata Familiarity on Category 2 Idioms | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Effect of Cultural Schemata Familiarity on Category 3 Idioms | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summarization of Interpretation Strategies | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-62页 |
| ·A general summary of the findings of the present study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第58-60页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第61-62页 |
| Appendixes | 第62-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-72页 |
