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ACKNoWLEDGEMENTS III
ABSTRACT v
CONTENTS IX
LIST oF TABLES XIII
LIST oF FIGURES XIV
Chapter 1 IntFOdaction 1
1.1 Research orientation 2
1.2 Target of research 2
1.3 Rationale and research questions 3
1.4 Definitions of key terms 5
1.4.1 Bilingual 6
1.4.2 L2 vocabulary knowledge 6
1.4.3 Conceptual and semantic processing 6
1.4.4 Working memory capacity 7
1.5 0rganization of the thesis 7
2-3 Two experimental tasks in studies of mental 1exicon 22
2.3.1 The primed lexical decision task and its confbunding
processes 22
2.3.2 Word association tasks and major findings 24
2.3_3 Suiniilary 25
2.4 Vocabulary knowledge and measures 25
2.4.1 Br℃adth and depth Of vocabulary knowledge 25
2_4.2 MeasureS Of vocabulary knowledge 27
2-4.3 SumlTlary 30
2.5 Working memoDr 3 1
2.5.1 Baddeley&Hitch’s working memory model 3 1
2.5.2 Working memory and the central exeCUtiVe 32
2.5-3 Working memory capacity and language processing 33
2.5-4 Measures and construct 0f working memOry 35
2.5 4.1 Measures Of working memory 35
2.5_4.2 Unitary VersUS multiCOmponent二ial system of working
memory 37
2.5.5 Suinnlary 39
Chapter 3 CentralIdeas 41
3.1 Bilinguallexical access 42
3.1.1 Lexical access in mon01ingualliterature 42
3.1.2 Centralissues of bilinguaJ lexical access 45
3.2 L2 lexical COmpetence and the goal Of L2 lexical development 50
3.2.1 PropOSalS Of lexical competence in the existing 1iterature 50
3.2.2 A tri—component framework of L2 lexical COmpetence 53
3.2.3 The goal of L2 lexical develOpment 58
3.3 A developmental View of bilingual processing 58
3-4 Summary 60
Chapter 4 Efiects of L2 VOcabuIary Kn0Wledge 6 1
4.1 Experiment 1 62
4.1.1 Hypot}leses and predictions 62
4.1.2 Method 63
4.1.2.1 Subjects 63
4.1.2.2 Materials ...