| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1 Introduction | 第13页 |
| 1.2 Research background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Purpose and significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-28页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第16页 |
| 2.2 Tense and aspect | 第16-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of tense and aspect | 第16-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Tense/aspect in English and Chinese | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.3 A comparison between English and Chinese in the expression of simple past | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on the acquisition of tense and aspect | 第22-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology | 第28-40页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Research questions | 第28页 |
| 3.3 Participants | 第28-29页 |
| 3.4 Instruments and data collection | 第29-30页 |
| 3.5 Data coding | 第30-34页 |
| 3.5.1 Coding the head | 第31页 |
| 3.5.2 Coding verb’s obligatory context of simple past | 第31-32页 |
| 3.5.3 Coding simple past use | 第32-33页 |
| 3.5.4 Coding Chinese perfective aspect marker le | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5.5 Coding Chinese temporal adverbials | 第34页 |
| 3.6 Data analysis | 第34-40页 |
| 3.6.1 Evidence for L1 transfer | 第35-36页 |
| 3.6.2 Analysis of the effects of Chinese perfective aspect marker le on simple past use | 第36-37页 |
| 3.6.3 Analysis of the effects of Chinese temporal adverbials on simple past use | 第37-38页 |
| 3.6.4 Analysis of the interaction between le and Chinese temporal adverbials on the simple past use | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第40-66页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第40页 |
| 4.2 Results of the simple past use | 第40-42页 |
| 4.3 The effects of Chinese perfective aspect marker le on the simple past use | 第42-49页 |
| 4.3.1 Results of the effects of the aspect marker le | 第42-45页 |
| 4.3.2 The comparison of the effects of the aspect marker le between spoken and written narratives | 第45-47页 |
| 4.3.3 The change of the effects of aspect marker le | 第47-49页 |
| 4.4 The effects of Chinese temporal adverbials on the simple past use | 第49-55页 |
| 4.4.1 Results of the effects of Chinese temporal adverbials | 第49-52页 |
| 4.4.2 The comparison of the effects of Chinese temporal adverbials between spoken and written narratives | 第52-53页 |
| 4.4.3 The change of the effects of Chinese temporal adverbials | 第53-55页 |
| 4.5 The interaction between le and Chinese temporal adverbials on the simple past use | 第55-60页 |
| 4.6 Discussion | 第60-66页 |
| 4.6.1 The effects of le and Chinese temporal adverbials | 第60-64页 |
| 4.6.2 Difference of the effects of le and Chinese temporal adverbials between spoken and written narratives | 第64-65页 |
| 4.6.3 Change of the effects of aspect marker le and Chinese temporal adverbials | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第66-71页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第66页 |
| 5.2 Major findings | 第66-68页 |
| 5.3 Implications | 第68-69页 |
| 5.3.1 Theoretical implications | 第68页 |
| 5.3.2 Pedagogical implications | 第68-69页 |
| 5.4 Limitations | 第69-70页 |
| 5.5 Further research | 第70-71页 |
| References | 第71-76页 |
| Appendix I: Spoken/Written Test | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix II: Part of the Tagged Data | 第81-84页 |
| 在读期间发表的学术论文及研究成果 | 第84-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85页 |
