| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-12页 |
| List of figures | 第12页 |
| List of tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of appendices | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·Research rationale | 第14-16页 |
| ·Key research questions | 第16页 |
| ·The remaining chapters | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-41页 |
| ·Research on vocabulary size | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research on vocabulary depth | 第19-26页 |
| ·Receptive word knowledge vs productive word knowledge | 第19-22页 |
| ·Dichotomous development pattern vs incremental development pattern | 第22页 |
| ·Word knowledge stages VS word knowledge continuum | 第22-24页 |
| ·Three dimensions of vocabulary development proposed by Henriksen | 第24-26页 |
| ·Frameworks for word knowledge study | 第26-29页 |
| ·Framework proposed by Richards | 第26-27页 |
| ·The frameworks revised by Nation | 第27-29页 |
| ·Review of empirical studies on word knowledge | 第29-41页 |
| ·Earlier empirical studies | 第29-30页 |
| ·Significant empirical studies on word knowledge depth | 第30-37页 |
| ·Batia Laufer: the development of passive and active vocabulary in second language | 第30-31页 |
| ·Schmitt (1998): measuring collocational knowledge | 第31-34页 |
| ·Schmitt and Meara (1997): study on word association and verbal suffixes | 第34-36页 |
| ·Schmitt (1998): a longitudinal study on acquisition of second language vocabulary | 第36-37页 |
| ·Empirical studies on L2 word knowledge development in China | 第37-39页 |
| ·Empirical study conducted by Wu Xudong and Chen Xiaoqing | 第37-38页 |
| ·Empirical study in China conducted by Liu Shaolong, 2002 | 第38-39页 |
| ·Brief summary of the literature | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 3 Framework for the Empirical Study | 第41-44页 |
| ·Framework for the present paper | 第41-42页 |
| ·Specific research questions | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design | 第44-52页 |
| ·Research design | 第44-45页 |
| ·Research approach | 第44页 |
| ·Participants | 第44-45页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第45-48页 |
| ·Prompt words | 第45-46页 |
| ·Test paper | 第46-48页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第48页 |
| ·Procedures | 第48-49页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第49-50页 |
| ·Norming answers and Scoring scheme | 第50页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第50-52页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis of meaning development | 第51页 |
| ·Qualitative analysis of collocation development | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Research Results | 第52-88页 |
| ·The overall (all subjects) development of word meaning | 第52-57页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第52-54页 |
| ·Results of business meaning in terms receptive knowledge | 第52页 |
| ·Results of general meaning in terms of receptive knowledge | 第52-53页 |
| ·Comparison of business meaning vs general meaning in terms of receptive knowledge | 第53-54页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第54-56页 |
| ·Results of business meaning in terms of productive knowledge | 第54-55页 |
| ·Results of general meaning in terms of productive knowledge | 第55页 |
| ·Comparison of business meaning vs general meaning in terms of productive knowledge | 第55-56页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive vs. productive knowledge of meaning | 第56-57页 |
| ·Results of receptive knowledge in meaning | 第56页 |
| ·Results of productive knowledge in meaning | 第56-57页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive knowledge vs productive knowledge in meaning | 第57页 |
| ·The overall development (all subjects as a whole) of word collocation | 第57-62页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business collocation (collocation with business meaning) vs general collocation (collocation with general meaning) | 第57-59页 |
| ·Results of business collocation in terms of receptive knowledge | 第58页 |
| ·Results of general collocation in terms of receptive knowledge | 第58-59页 |
| ·Comparison of business collocation vs general collocation in terms of receptive knowledge | 第59页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第59-61页 |
| ·Results of business collocation in terms of productive knowledge | 第59-60页 |
| ·Results of general collocation in terms of productive knowledge | 第60页 |
| ·Comparison of business collocation vs general collocation in terms of productive knowledge | 第60-61页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive vs. productive knowledge of collocation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Results of receptive knowledge in collocation | 第61页 |
| ·Results of productive knowledge in collocation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive knowledge vs productive knowledge in collocation | 第62页 |
| ·The group development of receptive & productive knowledge of word meaning | 第62-74页 |
| ·Meaning development characterized by top-level subjects | 第62-67页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第63-64页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第64-65页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive knowledge vs productive knowledge in meaning | 第65-67页 |
| ·Meaning development characterized by intermediate-level subjects | 第67-70页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第68-69页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive vs. productive knowledge of meaning | 第69-70页 |
| ·Meaning receptive knowledge development characterized by the elementary-level subject | 第70-74页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第70-72页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business meaning vs general meaning | 第72-73页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive knowledge vs productive knowledge in meaning | 第73-74页 |
| ·The group development of receptive & productive knowledge of word collocation | 第74-84页 |
| ·Word collocation development characterized by top-level subjects | 第74-77页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第74-75页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第75-76页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive knowledge vs productive knowledge in collocation | 第76-77页 |
| ·Collocation development characterized by intermediate-level subjects | 第77-81页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business meaning vs non-business meaning | 第77-78页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第78-79页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive vs. productive knowledge of collocation | 第79-81页 |
| ·Development characterized by elementary-level subject | 第81-84页 |
| ·Receptive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第81-82页 |
| ·Productive comparison of business collocation vs general collocation | 第82-83页 |
| ·Comparison of receptive vs. productive knowledge of collocation | 第83-84页 |
| ·Developmental variations characterized by different sources of the subjects (English majors vs non-English majors) | 第84-88页 |
| ·meaning comparison for each subject | 第84-85页 |
| ·collocation comparison for each subject | 第85-88页 |
| Chapter 6 Analyses & Conclusions | 第88-102页 |
| ·Major findings from the longitudinal study | 第88-90页 |
| ·Summary of the key results of the study | 第90-92页 |
| ·The overall tendency of the word development | 第90页 |
| ·Meaning development vs collocation development | 第90页 |
| ·Receptive knowledge development vs productive knowledge development | 第90-91页 |
| ·Business-related word knowledge vs business-unrelated word knowledge | 第91-92页 |
| ·Developmental patterns of different L2 levels in BBA class | 第92-93页 |
| ·Models for word knowledge (meaning and collocation) development of the BBA class students | 第93-99页 |
| ·Some explanations on the results | 第99-100页 |
| ·Recommendations for further study | 第100-102页 |
| Bibliography | 第102-106页 |
| Appendices | 第106-145页 |
