| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| English Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter One Vocabulary Acquisition | 第15-19页 |
| ·Incidental Learning vs. Intentional Learning | 第15-16页 |
| ·L1 Vocabulary Acquisition | 第16-17页 |
| ·L2 Vocabulary Acquisition | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Learning L2 Vocabulary through Reading | 第19-29页 |
| ·Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading | 第19-20页 |
| ·Vocabulary Threshold | 第20-21页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第21-23页 |
| ·Processes of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition—Implicit Learning and Explicit Learning | 第23-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23-24页 |
| ·Implicit Learning vs. Explicit Learning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Processes of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Aim of the Thesis | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第29-37页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29页 |
| ·Research Design and Procedure | 第29-36页 |
| ·Research Design | 第29-31页 |
| ·Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| ·Materials | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第35-36页 |
| ·Limitations | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Research Results and Discussion | 第37-62页 |
| ·Inferring Unknown Words Meanings | 第37-43页 |
| ·Selective Attention | 第37-39页 |
| ·Hypothesis Formation and Testing | 第39-40页 |
| ·Strategy Application | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| ·Acquiring Unknown Words Meaning | 第43-52页 |
| ·Successfully Inferring but Unsuccessfully Acquiring | 第43-45页 |
| ·Hints from Target-Word Test | 第45-49页 |
| ·From 'Incidental' to 'Intentional' | 第49-52页 |
| ·Learning Word Forms | 第52-55页 |
| ·Comparison between Intermediate and Advanced Group | 第55-62页 |
| ·Meaning Inferring | 第55-57页 |
| ·Word Acquisition | 第57-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implications | 第63-65页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第63-64页 |
| ·Practical Implications | 第64-65页 |
| ·Methodological Implications | 第65页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第65-67页 |
| References | 第67-70页 |
| Appendices | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix AThe Article Used in the Research | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix B The Target-Word Test | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix C Items from Two Levels of Nation's Levels Test | 第73页 |
