| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Background of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Review of Relevant Studies on Tolerance of Ambiguity and Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第19-37页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第19-28页 |
| ·Ambiguity and Ambiguous Situation | 第19-21页 |
| ·Definition of Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Non-linguistic View of Tolerance of Ambiguity/Intolerance of Ambiguity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Linguistic View of Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第22-23页 |
| ·Tolerance of Ambiguity and Psychological Factors in Second Language Learning | 第23-25页 |
| ·Correlation Between Tolerance of Ambiguity and Foreign Language Learning | 第25-28页 |
| ·Overseas Research and Findings | 第25-27页 |
| ·Domestic Research and Findings | 第27-28页 |
| ·Relevant Studies on Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第28-37页 |
| ·Empirical Research on Idioms in Second Language Learning | 第29页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading | 第29-37页 |
| Chapter 2 Methodology of Correlation Between Tolerance of Ambiguity and Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第37-51页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第37-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第38页 |
| ·Instruments and Scoring | 第38-42页 |
| ·Idiom Knowledge Scale and Scoring | 第38-40页 |
| ·Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale and Scoring | 第40-42页 |
| ·Text for the Experiment | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Type of Reading Material | 第42页 |
| ·Idioms in the Idiom Knowledge Test | 第42-43页 |
| ·Target Idioms and Control Idioms | 第43-45页 |
| ·Empirical Procedure | 第45-48页 |
| ·Pilot Study | 第45-46页 |
| ·Main Study | 第46-48页 |
| ·Idiom Knowledge Test and Investigation of Tolerance of Ambiguity | 第46-47页 |
| ·Reading Treatment and Immediate Idiom Test | 第47-48页 |
| ·Delayed Idiom Test | 第48页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 3 Results and Discussion | 第51-66页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics | 第51-54页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of Tolerance of Ambiguity of All the Subjects | 第51-52页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of Incidental Idiom Acquisition in Three Idiom Tests | 第52-54页 |
| ·Paired t-tests for the Verification of Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第54-56页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis of TA and Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第56-62页 |
| ·General Correlation Analysis of Tolerance of Ambiguity and Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第56-57页 |
| ·Correlation Analysis of Different Levels of Tolerance of Ambiguity and Corresponding Incidental Idiom Acquisition | 第57-59页 |
| ·Multiple Comparisons | 第59-61页 |
| ·Descriptive Statistics of Different Groups | 第61-62页 |
| ·Discussion | 第62-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-78页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 二语歧义容忍度调查问卷 | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Idiom Knowledge Scale（习语知识测试） | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Reading Material | 第84-86页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ 攻读学位期间发表论文目录 | 第86-87页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第87-96页 |
