| Acknowledgements | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Interpreting studies: concepts, scope and theories | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Significance and feasibility of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| 2.1 Working memory and consecutive interpreting | 第16-25页 |
| 2.1.1 Working memory and working memory capacity | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1.2 Consecutive interpreting viewed from working memory | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Directionality of interpreting | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.4 The word concreteness effect in memory tasks | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Errors in interpreting | 第25-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Error analysis as a research field | 第25-27页 |
| 2.2.2 Errors of consecutive interpreting as an index of working memory | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on errors of consecutive interpreting and working memory | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 Hypotheses | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Test design | 第30-34页 |
| 3.2.1 Subjects and materials of the listening span test | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Procedures of the listening span test | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2.3 Subjects and materials of the E-C consecutive interpreting test | 第33页 |
| 3.2.4 Procedures of the E-C consecutive interpreting test | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3 Data collection | 第34-39页 |
| 3.3.1 Working memory span and processing rate | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3.2 The introduction of M score as an index of memorization | 第36-38页 |
| 3.3.3 Classification of lexical errors of interpreting | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第39-47页 |
| 4.1 Working memory span and lexical errors of interpreting | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 Processing rate and lexical errors in interpreting | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3 Word type effect | 第41-43页 |
| 4.4 General discussion | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-50页 |
| 5.1 Findings of the study | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the study | 第48页 |
| 5.3 Implications for future studies | 第48-50页 |
| References | 第50-58页 |
| Appendix I | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix II | 第62-63页 |
