| 摘要 | 第1页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-16页 |
| ·Scope and purpose of the study | 第8-9页 |
| ·The significance and realistic importance of the research | 第9-15页 |
| ·The significance of lexical teaching in foreign language teaching | 第10-12页 |
| ·The significance of iconic theory on lexical teaching | 第12-15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature review and relevant theoretical foundation | 第16-25页 |
| ·The review of the linguistic arbitrariness | 第16页 |
| ·The theoretical backgrounds of linguistic iconicity | 第16-25页 |
| ·The definition of iconicity | 第17页 |
| ·Wilhelm Von Humboldt's point of view | 第17页 |
| ·Charles Sanders Peirce's famous three-way division of sign | 第17-21页 |
| ·John Haiman's theories on iconicity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Other foreign linguists'views about iconicity | 第22-24页 |
| ·The research of iconicity from domestic linguists | 第24-25页 |
| ·Other research of combinations of iconicity and English teaching | 第25页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The specific approaches of iconic theory in application of vocabularypedagogy | 第25-51页 |
| ·Shortcomings of vocabulary pedagogy in recent years | 第25-28页 |
| ·The iconic theory in application of lexical teaching | 第28-51页 |
| ·Lexical teaching one--Transparent iconicity | 第28-44页 |
| ·Phonological iconicity | 第28-33页 |
| ·Arthographical iconicity | 第33-35页 |
| ·Etymological iconicity | 第35-38页 |
| ·Root and Affix iconicity | 第38-42页 |
| ·Grammatical iconicity | 第42-43页 |
| ·Word-order iconicity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Lexical teaching two--Opaque iconicity | 第44-51页 |
| ·Metaphorical iconicity | 第47-49页 |
| ·Metonymic iconicity | 第49页 |
| ·Synecdochic iconicity | 第49-50页 |
| ·The iconicity of portmanteau words | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Research design and data presentation | 第51-58页 |
| ·Test design | 第51-53页 |
| ·Aims | 第51页 |
| ·Research questions | 第51页 |
| ·Subjects | 第51页 |
| ·Instruments | 第51-52页 |
| ·Procedure | 第52-53页 |
| ·Results and Analysis | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion and further research | 第58-62页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the paper | 第59-60页 |
| ·Future research on vocabulary teaching | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65-71页 |
| Publication | 第71页 |
