| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-29页 |
| ·The Aspect Hypothesis | 第15-22页 |
| ·The Development of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Claims of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第20页 |
| ·A Related Theoretical Review | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Temporality Acquisition | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Level of Phonology -- the Saliency Hypothesis | 第22页 |
| ·The Level of Morphology -- the Aspect Hypothesis | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Level of Discourse -- the Discourse Hypothesis | 第23页 |
| ·The Empirical Studies on the Aspect Hypothesis | 第23-29页 |
| ·An Empirical Evidence for the Aspect Hypothesis | 第24-27页 |
| ·A Challenge to the Aspect Hypothesis | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Study on Aspect Hypothesis | 第29-34页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29-30页 |
| ·Research Design | 第30-34页 |
| ·Spoken English Corpus of Chinese Learners | 第30页 |
| ·Two Subcorpora in This Study | 第30-31页 |
| ·Variables and Design | 第31页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第31-33页 |
| ·Coding Verb Inflections | 第32页 |
| ·Coding Lexical Aspect and Proficiency Level | 第32-33页 |
| ·Instruments and Procedures | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Analyses and Results | 第34-48页 |
| ·Analyses of Variables in Samples | 第34-37页 |
| ·An Analysis of the Verb Inflection | 第34-36页 |
| ·An Analysis of the Lexical Aspectual Class | 第36-37页 |
| ·Results of Testing the Associations between Verbal Morphology and Lexical Aspect | 第37-48页 |
| ·Distribution of Verbal Morphology across Lexical Aspectual Class in the Corpora | 第37-39页 |
| ·Distribution of Perfective Past by Lexical Aspect | 第39-42页 |
| ·Distribution of Progressives by Lexical Aspect | 第42-46页 |
| ·Distribution of Present Inflections and States | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第48-49页 |
| ·Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications and Pedagogical Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·Future Research | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
