| Acknowledgements | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第19-25页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第19-23页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance | 第23页 |
| 1.3 Organization of this Dissertation | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第25-47页 |
| 2.1 Minimalist Syntax | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2 Feature Architecture | 第26-29页 |
| 2.2.1 Classification of Features | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Feature Checking Mechanism | 第28-29页 |
| 2.3 The Feature Reassembly Hypothesis | 第29-31页 |
| 2.4 Contrastive Analysis of WHQs in English and Chinese | 第31-44页 |
| 2.4.1 Wh-Movement and Movement Constraints in English | 第31-33页 |
| 2.4.2 Wh-Movement and Unselective Binding in Chinese | 第33-38页 |
| 2.4.3 Head-Movement in English | 第38-41页 |
| 2.4.4 Wh-Scope Interpretation in English and Chinese | 第41-44页 |
| 2.5 A Unified Account for WHQs in English and Chinese | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Review | 第47-68页 |
| 3.1 Previous Research on L2A of WHQs | 第47-56页 |
| 3.1.1 Wh-Movement and Access of UG Principles | 第47-50页 |
| 3.1.2 Wh-Movement and Feature Selection | 第50-54页 |
| 3.1.3 L2 Acquisition of Subject-Auxiliary Inversion | 第54-56页 |
| 3.2 L2 Acquisition of Wh-words as EPWs | 第56-57页 |
| 3.3 Previous Studies with the Feature Reassembly Approach | 第57-63页 |
| 3.4 Wh-Scope Interpretation in L2 Acquisition and Processing | 第63-68页 |
| Chapter 4 Experimental Design | 第68-85页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第68-70页 |
| 4.2 Research Questions | 第70-73页 |
| 4.3 Methodology | 第73-83页 |
| 4.3.1 Participants | 第73-74页 |
| 4.3.2 Tasks and Materials | 第74-82页 |
| 4.3.3 Testing Procedures | 第82页 |
| 4.3.4 Data Collection and Data Trimming | 第82-83页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter 5 Results of Experiments | 第85-124页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第85页 |
| 5.2 Results of the AJT | 第85-97页 |
| 5.2.1 Syntactic Representations of Interrogative Features in S-WHQs | 第85-91页 |
| 5.2.2 Syntactic Representations of Interrogative Features in E-WHQs | 第91-97页 |
| 5.3 Results of the GJT | 第97-101页 |
| 5.3.1 Results of Judgment on Wh-movement Constraints | 第97-100页 |
| 5.3.2 Results of Judgment on T-to-C Movement Constraints | 第100-101页 |
| 5.4 Results of the CETT | 第101-113页 |
| 5.4.1 Feature Mapping Between Chinese Wh-words and English Equivalents | 第102-106页 |
| 5.4.2 Syntactic Representations of Interrogative Features in the CETT | 第106-110页 |
| 5.4.3 Wh-word Effect on Wh-movement and T-to-C Movement in the CETT | 第110-113页 |
| 5.5 Results of the SPRT | 第113-122页 |
| 5.5.1 Scope Reading Preference in the SPRT | 第113-119页 |
| 5.5.2 Scope Reading Times in the SPRT | 第119-122页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第122-124页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion | 第124-169页 |
| 6.1 Introduction | 第124-125页 |
| 6.2 Acquisition of the Syntactic Representations of Interrogative Features | 第125-138页 |
| 6.2.1 General Success in the Acquisition of Interrogative Features | 第125-126页 |
| 6.2.2 Asymmetry in Acquiring Syntactic Representations of Interrogative Features | 第126-132页 |
| 6.2.3 Asymmetry in Acquiring T-to-C Movement by Native Speakers | 第132-138页 |
| 6.3 Acquisition of the Conditioning Environments of Interrogative Features | 第138-150页 |
| 6.3.1 General Discussion on the Acquisition of Conditioning Environments | 第139-142页 |
| 6.3.2 Asymmetry in Acquiring Wh-movement Constraints | 第142-146页 |
| 6.3.3 Asymmetry in Acquiring Head-movement Constraints | 第146-150页 |
| 6.4 Lexicalization of the [wh] Feature and the [u NV] Feature | 第150-153页 |
| 6.5 Wh-word Effect on Wh-movement and T-to-C Movement | 第153-161页 |
| 6.5.1 Wh-word Effect on Wh-movement | 第153-156页 |
| 6.5.2 Wh-word Effect on T-to-C movement | 第156-160页 |
| 6.5.3 Absence of Wh-word Effect in B-WHQs | 第160-161页 |
| 6.6 Asymmetric Interpretation of Wh-scope Readings | 第161-165页 |
| 6.7 Summary | 第165-169页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第169-174页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings and Contributions | 第169-171页 |
| 7.2 Implications for Teaching | 第171-172页 |
| 7.3 Limitations and Further Research Directions | 第172-174页 |
| References | 第174-190页 |
| Appendix 1: Target sentences of the AJT | 第190-195页 |
| Appendix 2: Target sentences of the GJT | 第195-197页 |
| Appendix 3: Target sentences of the CETT | 第197-200页 |
| Appendix 4: Items of the SPRT | 第200-206页 |
