| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Background of This Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-29页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Relevant Studies on RCs in China | 第14-17页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis | 第17-19页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第19-21页 |
| ·Procedures of CA and EA | 第21-26页 |
| ·Working Definition of Transfer | 第26-27页 |
| ·Clarification | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Descriptions of English Relative Clauses | 第29-40页 |
| ·Definition and Basic Structures | 第29-31页 |
| ·Basic Types of English Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns | 第31-37页 |
| ·Relativization of Subject | 第32-35页 |
| ·Relativization of Object | 第35-37页 |
| ·Relativization of Possessive | 第37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 General Differences Between English and Chinese Relative Clauses | 第40-53页 |
| ·Five General Points to Compare English and Chinese RCs | 第40页 |
| ·Descriptions of the Five Points in Detail | 第40-52页 |
| ·Adjacency to the Head Noun | 第40-42页 |
| ·Retention and Omission of the Restrictive Clause Marker | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ordering of the Relative Clause with Respect to the Head Noun | 第43-49页 |
| ·Formation of RCs | 第43-44页 |
| ·Asymmetry in Subject and Object Relative Clauses | 第44-46页 |
| ·Extension Mechanism | 第46-49页 |
| ·Case Marking on the Relative Marker (Variable vs. Invariable) | 第49-51页 |
| ·Pronoun Retention or Omission | 第51-52页 |
| ·Conclusion to Chapter 4 | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 5 A Case Study | 第53-90页 |
| ·Purpose | 第53-54页 |
| ·Subjects | 第54-55页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第55-57页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第57-86页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第57-72页 |
| ·Errors Made by the Subjects in Sentence Combination | 第58-69页 |
| ·Errors Made by the Subjects in Picture Description | 第69-72页 |
| ·Avoidance | 第72-81页 |
| ·Four Types of Avoidance | 第75-80页 |
| ·Possible Reasons for Avoidance | 第80-81页 |
| ·Difficulty Order of Different Relative Types for the Subjects | 第81-86页 |
| ·Conclusion to Chapter 5 | 第86-90页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第90-94页 |
| ·Findings | 第90-91页 |
| ·Implications | 第91-92页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第92-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-99页 |
| APPENDIX I | 第99页 |
