| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Overview of L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale & significance for the present study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Orientation of the present study | 第16页 |
| ·Contents and organization of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature | 第18-38页 |
| ·Overview | 第18页 |
| ·Studies on "intentional" vs. "incidental" vocabulary learning | 第18-21页 |
| ·Studies on cognitive process of reading regarding background knowledge | 第21-24页 |
| ·Interactive models of reading | 第21-23页 |
| ·Schema-theoretic approaches concerning reading comprehension | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading | 第24-28页 |
| ·Incidental vocabulary learning hypothesis | 第24-25页 |
| ·Krashen's Input Hypothesis | 第25-26页 |
| ·Vocabulary development through reading | 第26-28页 |
| ·Empirical studies on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading | 第28-34页 |
| ·Mondri & Boer's study | 第29-30页 |
| ·Rott's study | 第30-31页 |
| ·Pulido's studies | 第31-33页 |
| ·The empirical study in China | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary and conclusions | 第34-38页 |
| ·Summary of the previous research | 第34-35页 |
| ·Strengths of the previous research | 第35-36页 |
| ·Weaknesses of the previous research | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第38-46页 |
| ·Overview | 第38-39页 |
| ·Effect of subject familiarity on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading: a tentative conceptual framework | 第39-42页 |
| ·Variables under investigation of the present study | 第42页 |
| ·Operational definitions of key terms | 第42-44页 |
| ·L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition | 第43页 |
| ·Reading comprehension | 第43页 |
| ·Reader schemata | 第43-44页 |
| ·Acquisition and learning | 第44页 |
| ·Statement of specific research questions | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第46-62页 |
| ·Overview | 第46页 |
| ·Research design | 第46-47页 |
| ·Nature of the design | 第46-47页 |
| ·Participants | 第47页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第47-56页 |
| ·Preparation of the treatment materials | 第48-51页 |
| ·Selection of the passages | 第48-50页 |
| ·Selection of the target words | 第50-51页 |
| ·Description of the questionnaire | 第51-52页 |
| ·Description of the test papers | 第52-54页 |
| ·Test of L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading: a pilot study | 第54-56页 |
| ·Data collection | 第56-57页 |
| ·Data preparation and analysis | 第57-62页 |
| ·Scoring | 第58-59页 |
| ·Statistical techniques for quantitative analysis | 第59-60页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Results & Analyses | 第62-72页 |
| ·Overview | 第62页 |
| ·Quantitative results | 第62-68页 |
| ·Variation between vocabulary test scores after reading more and less familiar passages in the immediate posttest | 第63-64页 |
| ·Variation between vocabulary test scores after reading more and less familiar passages in the postponed tests | 第64-66页 |
| ·The interactive effect of subject familiarity and time of the tests on L2 vocabulary acquisition and retention | 第66-68页 |
| ·Qualitative results | 第68-72页 |
| Chapter 6 Findings, Discussion, Implications & Suggestions | 第72-92页 |
| ·Major findings | 第72-73页 |
| ·Discussion | 第73-87页 |
| ·L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition and retention through reading | 第74-76页 |
| ·Role of subject familiarity on L2 vocabulary acquisition and retention through reading | 第76-78页 |
| ·Effect of subject familiarity on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading: a cognitive model | 第78-87页 |
| ·The effect of content schemata upon lexical inferencing in reading comprehension | 第79-84页 |
| ·The effect of information processing capacity upon lexical inferencing in reading comprehension | 第84-87页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第87-88页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第88-92页 |
| Bibliography | 第92-100页 |
| Appendices | 第100-106页 |
