中国英语学习者词汇推理研究PDF电子书下载

Chapter One Introduction 1

1.1 Significance of the Study of Vocabulary Acquisition 1

1.2 Rationale of the Present Study 3

1.3 Outline 6

Chapter Two Literature Review 7

2.1 Defining Lexical Inferencing 7

2.1.1 Incidental and Intentional Learning 7

2.1.2 Incidental and Intentional Vocabulary Learning 9

2.1.3 Implicit and Explicit Learning 9

2.1.4 Inferencing and Lexical Inferencing 10

2.1.5 Lexical Inferencing Research Paradigm and Incidental Vocabulary Learning Research Paradigm 11

2.2 Learner-related Factors in Lexical Inferencing 11

2.2.1 General Language Proficiency 11

2.2.2 Reading Proficiency 12

2.2.3 Vocabulary Knowledge 13

2.2.4 Topic Familiarity 18

2.2.5 Other Learner-related Factors 19

2.3 Text-related Factors in Lexical Inferencing 22

2.3.1 Context and Lexical Inferencing 22

2.3.2 Word-related Factors in Lexical Inferencing 31

2.4 Taxonomy of Knowledge Sources Used in Lexical Inferencing 40

2.5 Models Relevant to Lexieal Inferencing 44

2.5.1 Lexical Inferencing as Lemma Construction 44

2.5.2 Lexical Inferencing as Hypothesis-generation-and-testing 52

2.6 Unsolved Problems 53

Chapter Three Methodology 57

3.1 Research Questions 57

3.2 Subjects 59

3.3 Instruments 60

3.3.1 Instruments Measuring Learner-related Factors 60

3.3.2 Instruments Measuring Text-related Factors 65

3.3.3 Instruments Measuring the Dependent Variables 68

3.4 Pilot Study 72

3.5 Data-collection 75

3.5.1 Collecting Learner-related Data 75

3.5.2 Collecting Text-related Data 76

3.5.3 Collecting Data about the Dependent Variables 79

3.6 Data-analysis 82

3.6.1 Preparing the Data 82

3.6.2 Analyzing the Data 86

3.7 Design of the Retrospective Study 87

3.7.1 Subjects 87

3.7.2 Instruments 87

3.7.3 Data Collection 89

3.7.4 Data Analysis 90

Chapter Four Results and Findings 92

4.1 Relationship between Learner-related Factors and Lexical Inferencing 92

4.1.1 L2 Proficiency and Lexical Inferencing 92

4.1.2 Impact of Topic Familiarity on Lexical Inferencing 96

4.2 Impact of Text-related Factors on Lexical Inferencing 102

4.2.1 Impact of Morphological Transparency and Contextual Support on Lexical Inferencing Success 102

4.2.2 Impact of Morphological Transparency and Contextual Support on Lexical Inferencing Difficulty 108

4.2.3 A Comparison of Patterns between Year Two and Year Four 114

4.3 Results of the Retrospective Study 116

4.3.1 Taxonomy of Knowledge Sources 116

4.3.2 Patterns of the Use of Knowledge Sources 121

4.3.3 Nature of Lexical Inferencing Process 126

Chapter Five Discussion 131

5.1 Relationship between Learner-related Factors and Lexical Inferencing 131

5.1.1 L2 Proficiency and Lexical Inferencing Success 131

5.1.2 Topic Familiarity and Lexical Inferencing Success 135

5.1.3 Learner-related Factors and Lexical Inferencing Difficulty 136

5.2 Impact of Text-related Factors on Lexical Inferencing 137

5.2.1 Impact of Morphological Transparency on Lexical Inferencing Success 138

5.2.2 Impact of Contextual Support on Lexical Inferencing Success 142

5.2.3 Impact of Text-related Factors on Lexical Inferencing Difficulty 145

5.3 Types and Patterns of Knowledge Sources 146

5.4 Nature of L2 Lexical Inferencing 148

5.5 A Tentative Model of L2 Lexical Inferencing 149

Chapter Six Conclusion 151

6.1 Summary of Major Findings 151

6.2 Implications 153

6.3 Limitations and Suggestions 157

Appendices 160

Appendix 1 Reading Comprehension Test 160

Appendix 2 The Reading Passages 169

Appendix 3 The Lexical Inferencing Task 181

Appendix 4 The Passage Sight Vocabulary Tests 189

Appendix 5 A Sample of the Results of Range Processing 193

References 195