本站原创Acknowledgements4-5
摘要5-6
Abstract6-13
Introduction13-17
1. Significance of the Study13-14
2. Purpose of the Study14
3. Methods and Limitations of the Study14-15
4. Structure of the Study15-17
Chapter One Literature Review17-26
1.1 Definition of Interpreting17
1.2 History and Development of Interpreting Studies17-20
1.2.1 A Brief Review of Interpreting Studies in Western World18-19
1.2.2 Interpreting Development in China19-20
1.3 Definition of Working Memory20-23
1.3.1 Two Explanations to the Working Memory Capacity21-22
1.3.2 Features of Working Memory22-23
1.4 Literature Review of Interpreting and Working MemoryStudies23-26
Chapter Two Neuropsychology and Interpreting26-44
2.1 Brief Introduction to Neuropsychology26-29
2.1.1 The Origin of the Modern Neuropsychology26-27
2.1.2 Definition of Neuropsychology27-28
2.1.3 Apppcations of Neuropsychology28-29
2.2 Neuropsychological Elaboration of Interpreting and Memory29-42
2.2.1 The Stage of Comprehension and Understanding31-32
2.2.2 The Stage of Memorization32-33
2.2.3 The Stage of Speech Production and Expression33-36
2.2.4 The Brain Anatomic Structure and Its Relations with Memory’s Production36-42
2.3 Studying Working Memory in Interpreting from Neuropsychological Perspective42-44
Chapter Three Empirical Study of the Thesis44-51
3.1 Purposes of the Experiments44
3.2 Experimental Subjects44-45
3.3 Research Tools45-50
3.3.1 Test A45-46
3.3.1.1 Purpose of Test A45
3.3.1.2 Materials of Test A45
3.3.1.3 Test Mode45
3.3.1.4 Test Result45-46
3.3.2 Test B (also Control Test A)46-47
3.3.2.1 Purpose of Test B46
3.3.2.2 Materials of Test B46
3.3.2.3 Test Tools46
3.3.2.4 Test Mode46-47
3.3.3 Test C (also Control Test B)47-48
3.3.3.1 Purpose of Test 7
3.3.3.2 Materials of Test 7
3.3.3.3 Testing Methods47-48
3.3.4 Questionnaire48-50
3.3.4.1 Structure of the Questionnaire48
3.3.4.2 Contents of the Questionnaire48-49
3.3.4.3 The Subjects of the Questionnaire49-50
3.4 The Statistical Tools of the Experiments Used in This Thesis50-51
Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussions51-73
4.1 Control Test A on the Difficulty of the Target Materials51-54
4.2 Control Test B54-61
4.2.1 Statistical Results of the Advanced Group54-55
4.2.2 Statistical Results of the Intermediate Group55-56
4.2.3 Statistical Results of the Primary Group56-57
4.2.4 Data Analysis and Discussions of the Control Test B57-61
4.2.4.1 The Psychological Factors59-60
4.2.4.2 Relevant Physical Influences60-61
4.3 Data Analysis of the Questionnaire61-70
4.3.1 The Status of Cognitive Abipties in the Basic Interpreting Quapties61-63
4.3.1.1 Statistical Results61-62
4.3.1.2 Data Analysis62-63
4.3.2 The Promoting Effects of Training and Practicing on Memory Abipties5163-66
4.3.2.1 Statistical Results63-65
4.3.2.2 Data Analysis65-66
4.3.3 Working Memory and Interpreters' Psychological States66-68
4.3.3.1 Statistical Results66-67
4.3.3.2 Data Analysis67-68
4.3.4 The Impact of the Speciapzed Memory Training to the Interpreting Activities68-70
4.3.4.1 Statistical Results68-69
4.3.4.2 Data Analysis69-70
4.4 Conclusions of the Data Analysis and Discussions70-73
Chapter Five Practical Imppcations on Working Memory in Interpreting73-75
Conclusion75-76
Bibpography76-79
Appendix 179-81
Appendix 281-86
Appendix 386-88
Appendix 488-89