| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research Background of Mental Lexicon | 第9页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-29页 |
| ·The Notion of Mental Lexicon | 第12页 |
| ·Research Methods to Investigate Mental Lexicon | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Study on the TOT Phenonmenon | 第13页 |
| ·Study on People with Severe Speech Disorders | 第13页 |
| ·Word Association Test (WAT) | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies on the L1 Mental Lexicon | 第14-19页 |
| ·Information Stored in the Mental Lexicon | 第14-15页 |
| ·Phonological Organization vs. Semantic Organization | 第15-17页 |
| ·Semantic Network | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies on the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第19-26页 |
| ·L2 lexical Representation and Development | 第20-21页 |
| ·Organizations of the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第21-24页 |
| ·Factors Affecting the Access of the L2 Mental Lexicon | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Business English Lexicon | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary of the Literature | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第29-35页 |
| ·Goals and Research Questions | 第29-30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30页 |
| ·Instruments--Word Association Test (WAT) | 第30-32页 |
| ·Multiple Responses | 第30-31页 |
| ·Written-written Format | 第31页 |
| ·Choice of Words in the Test | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第33-35页 |
| ·Context Identification | 第33页 |
| ·Nativeness Analysis | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four Findings and Discussions | 第35-43页 |
| ·Quantitative Results | 第35-38页 |
| ·Response Patterns according to Major Background | 第35-38页 |
| ·Comparison of the Two Different Response Patterns | 第38页 |
| ·Qualitative Results | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Major Factors Affecting the Mental Lexicon of CBEL | 第39页 |
| ·Semanticity Effect in the Mental Lexicon of CBEL | 第39-41页 |
| ·Contextual Effect on CBEL | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第43-48页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第43-44页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第44-47页 |
| ·Teaching and Learning | 第44-45页 |
| ·Environment of Teaching and Learning | 第45页 |
| ·Context-oriented Lexical Teaching and Learning in Business English | 第45-46页 |
| ·Extensive Reading | 第46-47页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix Word Association Test | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |