| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-36页 |
| ·The Notion of Mental Lexicon | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of Mental Lexicon | 第17-26页 |
| ·Models of Mental lexicon Organization | 第18-21页 |
| ·Semantic Network | 第18-20页 |
| ·Phonological Network | 第20-21页 |
| ·Mental Lexicon Organization Central to Lexical Competence | 第21-26页 |
| ·Framework of Lexical Competence Put Forward by Foreign Researchers | 第22-24页 |
| ·Framework of Lexical Competence Put Forward by Chinese Researchers | 第24-26页 |
| ·Research Methods Employed to Investigate Mental Lexicon Organization | 第26-29页 |
| ·Method of Studying the-Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon | 第26-27页 |
| ·Method of Studying the-Slip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon | 第27页 |
| ·Method of Studying Speech Disorders Phenomenon | 第27-28页 |
| ·Word Association Test | 第28-29页 |
| ·Previous studies of Mental Lexicon Organization | 第29-33页 |
| ·Studies of L1 Mental Lexicon Organization | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Phonological View | 第29页 |
| ·The Semantic View | 第29-30页 |
| ·Studies of L2 Mental Lexicon Organization | 第30-33页 |
| ·The Phonological View | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Semantic View | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Syntactic View | 第32-33页 |
| ·A Critique | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第36-46页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36页 |
| ·Research Method | 第36-46页 |
| ·Subjects | 第36-38页 |
| ·Instruments | 第38-44页 |
| ·Word Association Test | 第38-43页 |
| ·Features of Subjects’ Responses in Word Association Test | 第39-42页 |
| ·Prompt Words | 第42-43页 |
| ·Vocabulary Knowledge Scale Test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Procedures | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第46-65页 |
| ·Within-group Comparisons of Five Response Types | 第46-54页 |
| ·A Comparison of Five Response Types for Group One | 第46-48页 |
| ·A Comparison of Five Response Types for Group Two | 第48-49页 |
| ·A Comparison of Five Response Types for Group Three | 第49-50页 |
| ·Discussion | 第50-54页 |
| ·Cross-group Comparisons of Five Response Types | 第54-59页 |
| ·A Comparison of Paradigmatic Responses | 第54-55页 |
| ·A Comparison of Syntagmatic Responses | 第55-56页 |
| ·A Comparison of Encyclopedic Responses | 第56-57页 |
| ·A Comparison of Clang-other Responses | 第57-58页 |
| ·A Comparison of No-responses | 第58页 |
| ·A Comparison of Semantic Responses and Non-semantic Responses | 第58-59页 |
| ·General Discussion | 第59-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-70页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications for Language Learning and Language Teaching | 第66-68页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第68-70页 |
| References | 第70-74页 |
| AppendixⅠ | 第74-79页 |
| AppendixⅡ | 第79-80页 |
