| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Abbreviation | 第11页 |
| List of Tables, Graphs, Figures and Appendices | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Researches on Vocabulary Memory | 第16-20页 |
| ·Three Kind of Memory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Researches on Vocabulary Memory Teaching and Learning | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Prototype Category Theory and Vocabulary Memory | 第20-25页 |
| ·Relevant Researches on Vocabulary Memory at the Aspect of Psychology | 第20-23页 |
| ·Application of Prototype Category Theory to English Vocabulary Memory for Chinese Learners | 第23-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第26-36页 |
| ·Category and Categorization | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Classical Theory of Categories | 第26-28页 |
| ·Wittgenstein’s “Family Resemblance” | 第28-29页 |
| ·Prototype Category Theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·Basic- level Categories | 第32-33页 |
| ·Basic Level and Prototype Categories | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 The Study | 第36-45页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Design | 第37-38页 |
| ·Participants | 第38页 |
| ·Material | 第38-41页 |
| ·Instrument | 第41页 |
| ·Procedures | 第41-44页 |
| ·Vocabulary Recognition and Theory Explanation before the Test | 第42页 |
| ·The Experiment | 第42-44页 |
| ·Survey | 第44页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Results of the study | 第45-64页 |
| ·The Results of the Average Percentage of ACC and RT for the 4 List’s Categories in the Two Groups | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Results of the Percentage of Accuracy (ACC) | 第46-53页 |
| ·The Comparison of Experimental Data of ACC Accounted for 4 List’s Categories in the Two Groups | 第46-48页 |
| ·The ANOVA Results of ACC for 4 List’s Categories Within Each Group | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Independent-Samples T-Test Results of ACC for 4 List’s Categories between the Two Groups | 第50-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53页 |
| ·The Results of Reaction Time (RT) | 第53-61页 |
| ·The Comparison of Experimental Data of RT Accounted for 4 List’s Categories in the Two Groups | 第54-55页 |
| ·The ANOVA Results of RT for 4 List’s Categories Within Each Group | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Independent-Samples T-Test Results of RT for 4 List’s Categories between the Two Groups | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| ·Results of Survey after the Test | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusion | 第64-75页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Discussion for the Findings | 第65-71页 |
| ·Comparison of 4 List’s Categories | 第65-69页 |
| ·Comparison of Freshmen and Juniors | 第69-70页 |
| ·The Survey after Testing | 第70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-71页 |
| ·Implications | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations | 第72-73页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-78页 |
| References | 第78-80页 |
