| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Objectives and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Universal Grammar (UG) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) | 第17-22页 |
| ·The Logical Problem in First Language Acquisition and the Proposal of UG | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Logical Problem in SLA | 第18-20页 |
| ·Accessibility of UG in SLA | 第20-22页 |
| ·Current Models about the Impairment of ILG | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Global Impairment Hypothesis | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Local Impairment Hypothesis | 第23页 |
| ·The Unimpaired Representation Hypothesis | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Constraints on English Wh-movement in SLA | 第25-33页 |
| ·An Overview of the Previous Studies | 第25-26页 |
| ·Specific Studies of Constraints on English Wh-movement in SLA | 第26-31页 |
| ·Summary of the Previous Studies | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第33-43页 |
| ·The Grammar Model of Minimalist Program (MP) | 第33-34页 |
| ·Functional Categories | 第34页 |
| ·Features and Feature Checking Theory | 第34-35页 |
| ·Classification of Features | 第34-35页 |
| ·Feature Checking Theory | 第35页 |
| ·Interpretability Hypothesis | 第35-36页 |
| ·Wh-questions in English | 第36-41页 |
| ·Wh-movement in English | 第36-38页 |
| ·Wh-movement in Independent and Embedded Questions | 第38-39页 |
| ·Constraints on English Wh-movement | 第39-41页 |
| ·Wh-questions in Chinese | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第43-50页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第43-44页 |
| ·Subjects | 第44-45页 |
| ·Instruments | 第45-48页 |
| ·Data Collection and Analysis Procedure | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussion | 第50-58页 |
| ·Performance on the Syntax Test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Performance on Ungrammatical Wh-questions without Subject-auxiliary Inversion | 第51-52页 |
| ·Performance on Ungrammatical Wh-questions Violating Subjacency Principle | 第52-55页 |
| ·Different Proficiency Groups and Sensitivity to Subjacency Principle | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Prospects for Further Research | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-66页 |
| Appendix A Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) Task | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix B Questionnaire on the Acquisition of English Wh-questions | 第69-72页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第72-73页 |
