| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 1 An Overview on Children’s Early Verb Acquisition | 第17-30页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Crucial Role of Verb Acquisition in Language | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Difficulties of Early Verb Learning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theories on Children’s Early Verb Acquisition | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Nativist Account of Early Verbs | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Usage-based View of Early Verbs | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Children’s Early Verb Acquisition | 第23-28页 |
| ·Current Situation and Developing Tendency of Research Abroad | 第24-27页 |
| ·Current Situation and Developing Tendency of Research in China | 第27-28页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 2 A Longitudinal Study on Mandarin-speaking Children's Early Verbs | 第30-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第30-33页 |
| ·Properties of Chinese Verbs | 第30-32页 |
| ·Criteria for an Acquired Verb | 第32-33页 |
| ·A Longitudinal Study | 第33-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33-34页 |
| ·Subjects | 第34页 |
| ·Method of Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 3 Chinese-speaking Children’s Acquisition of Verb Classes | 第37-54页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37页 |
| ·Classification of Verbs | 第37-38页 |
| ·Chinese-speaking Children’s Acquisition of Verb Classes | 第38-46页 |
| ·Results and Discussions | 第46-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 4 Complexity and Productivity of Mandarin-speaking Children’s Early Verb Structures | 第54-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第54页 |
| ·The Usage-based View of Acquiring Early Verb Category | 第54-55页 |
| ·Complexity and Productivity of Chinese-speaking Children’s Early Verb Structures | 第55-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第55页 |
| ·Chinese-speaking Children’s Early Verbs with Functional Categories | 第55-61页 |
| ·Chinese-speaking Children’s Early Verbal Compounds | 第61-64页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix A 攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录 | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix B Tables | 第78-87页 |
| Appendix C Sample of Transcription | 第87-89页 |
