| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第13-17页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第17-22页 |
| 1.1 The background of the study | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 Research questions | 第19-20页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the study | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Outline of the thesis | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-34页 |
| 2.1 Studies on wh-questions in Mandarin Chinese | 第22-24页 |
| 2.2 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in typically developing childrenspeaking Mandarin Chinese | 第24-28页 |
| 2.3 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in children with SLI | 第28-32页 |
| 2.3.1 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in English-speakingchildren with SLI | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in Hebrew SLI children . 13 | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3.3 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in French SLI children .. 14 | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3.4 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in Cantonese SLIchildren | 第31页 |
| 2.3.5 Studies on the acquisition of wh-questions in Mandarin-speakingSLI children | 第31-32页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第34-53页 |
| 3.1 Subjects | 第34-39页 |
| 3.1.1 Experiment group (SLI group) | 第34-37页 |
| 3.1.2 Typically-developing Age-matched (TD-AM) Group | 第37-38页 |
| 3.1.3 Typically-developing Younger (TD-Y) Group | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2 Experiment design, materials and procedure | 第39-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Design principles | 第39-40页 |
| 3.2.2 Experiment design, materials and the procedures of the productiontask | 第40-49页 |
| 3.2.3 Experiment design, materials and the procedure of thecomprehension task | 第49-52页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第52-53页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND ANALYSES | 第53-78页 |
| 4.1 Data collection and coding | 第53-58页 |
| 4.1.1 Data coding in the production experiment | 第53-57页 |
| 4.1.2 Data coding in the comprehension task | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2 Results of the two tasks | 第58-76页 |
| 4.2.1 General depiction | 第58-61页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison between SLI and controls on the acquisition ofwh-questions introduced by wh-adverbs | 第61-68页 |
| 4.2.3 Comparison between questions introduced by wh-pronouns andthose by wh-adverbs | 第68-74页 |
| 4.2.4 Analysis of individual difference in the SLI group | 第74-76页 |
| 4.3 Summary | 第76-78页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION | 第78-85页 |
| 5.1 Discussion of answers to the research questions | 第78-80页 |
| 5.2 Discussion of the interpretation of the findings for the research questions | 第80-83页 |
| 5.2.1 Discussion of the wh-argument and wh-adjunct asymmetry | 第80-81页 |
| 5.2.2 Discussion of the individual differences in the SLI group | 第81-82页 |
| 5.2.3 Discussion of the difficulty in how-questions | 第82-83页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第83-85页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第85-89页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the study | 第85-86页 |
| 6.2 Merits | 第86-87页 |
| 6.3 Limitation and future research orientation | 第87-89页 |
| REFERENCES | 第89-95页 |
| APPENDICES | 第95-97页 |
| APPENDIX A | 第95-96页 |
| APPENDIX B | 第96-97页 |
| APPENDIX C | 第97页 |
