| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-25页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Children's Fast Mapping Ability and Retention Ability | 第18-20页 |
| 2.2 Arguments on Children's Ability to Retain the Fast-Mapped Words | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3 Research on Human's Memory Ability | 第23页 |
| 2.4 Summary of the Literature Review | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 The Experiment | 第25-43页 |
| 3.1 The Participants | 第25页 |
| 3.2 The Experimental Design | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3 The Stimuli | 第27页 |
| 3.4 The Procedure | 第27-33页 |
| 3.5 The Results and Data Analysis | 第33-43页 |
| 3.5.1 Children's Referent Selection Ability across Age | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5.2 Children's Retention Ability | 第34-38页 |
| 3.5.3 Data Analysis of the Results across Age | 第38-40页 |
| 3.5.4 Data Analysis of the Results across Timescales | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussion | 第43-51页 |
| 4.1 Children's Referent Selection Ability across Age | 第43页 |
| 4.2 Children's Retention Ability | 第43-47页 |
| 4.3 The Properties of Children's Retrieval of the Mappings | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4 Comparison of Children's Retention Ability across Age | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 5 General discussion | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the Experiment | 第57页 |
| 6.2 Limitation and Expectations | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-64页 |
| Appendix 1 Pictures for non-words | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix 2 Pictures for immediate retention trials | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix 3 Pictures for immediate retention trials | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix 4 Pictures for 5-min delayed retention trials | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix 5 Pictures for 5-min delayed retention trials | 第71页 |
