| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1． Nominalization in English and Chinese | 第12-22页 |
| 1．1． Introduction | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2． Nominalization in English | 第13-17页 |
| 1．2．1． Definition of English nominalization | 第13页 |
| 1．2．2． Quirk's verbal nouns | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2．3． The nature of English nominalization | 第14页 |
| 1．2．4． The case relations within nominalization | 第14-16页 |
| 1．2．5． The ambiguity within nominalization | 第16页 |
| 1．2．6． The stylistic features and functions of nominalization | 第16-17页 |
| 1．3． Nominalization in Chinese | 第17-19页 |
| 1．3．1． The difference and similarity between English and Chinese | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3．2． Evidence of”the nominalization hypothesis” | 第18-19页 |
| 1．3．3． The tasks confronted by the Chinese students | 第19页 |
| 1．4． Purpose of the research and its significance | 第19-22页 |
| 1．4．1． Purpose of the research | 第19-20页 |
| 1．4．2． The theoretical significance of the research | 第20-21页 |
| 1．4．3． The practical significance of the research | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 2． Review of Literature | 第22-31页 |
| 2．1． The acquisition of morphemes and syntactic structures | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2． The mental representation and psycholinguistic process of nominalization | 第24-29页 |
| 2．2．1． Transformationalism versus lexicalism | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2．2． The illusion of derivational theory of complexity | 第25-26页 |
| 2．2．3． A third position—the dual representation hypothesis | 第26-28页 |
| 2．2．4． The psychological process of nominalization | 第28-29页 |
| 2．3． Cognitive accounts of second language acquisition | 第29-31页 |
| 2．3．1． A general theoretical framework | 第29-30页 |
| 2．3．2． Operating principles and the multidimensional model | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 3． Research methodology and procedure | 第31-41页 |
| 3．1． The goal of the study | 第31-32页 |
| 3．2． Pilot studies and research hypotheses | 第32-35页 |
| 3．2．1． The first pilot study | 第33页 |
| 3．2．2． The second pilot study | 第33-34页 |
| 3．2．3． Research questions and hypotheses | 第34-35页 |
| 3．3． Data collection and analysis | 第35-40页 |
| 3．3．1． Subjects | 第35页 |
| 3．3．2． Data collection | 第35-37页 |
| 3．3．3． Data analysis of the compositions | 第37-40页 |
| 3．3．3．1． Identification and classification of nominalization | 第37-38页 |
| 3．3．3．2． Identification and classification of errors | 第38-40页 |
| 3．4． Scoring | 第40-41页 |
| 3．5． Statistical computation | 第41页 |
| Chapter 4． Results | 第41-50页 |
| 4．1． The MLU development of the intermediate and advanced learners | 第41-44页 |
| 4．2． The nature of Chinese learners' interlanguage of English nominalization | 第44-46页 |
| 4．2．1． The results and comparison of comprehension test | 第44-46页 |
| 4．2．2． Comparison between comprehension and production | 第46页 |
| 4．3． Order and sequence of development of nominalization | 第46-48页 |
| 4．3．1． Morphological order | 第46页 |
| 4．3．2． Sequence of development of nominalization | 第46-48页 |
| 4．4． Results of reading span test | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter 5． Discussion | 第50-57页 |
| 5．1． Research questions and findings | 第50-54页 |
| 5．1．1． Question 1 and findings | 第50-52页 |
| 5．1．2． Question 2 and findings | 第52-53页 |
| 5．1．3． Question 3 and findings | 第53-54页 |
| 5．2． The role of contributing factors in explaining nominalization acquisition | 第54-57页 |
| 5．2．1． The role of L1 influence | 第54-55页 |
| 5．2．2． The role of universals | 第55-56页 |
| 5．2．3． The role of cognitive factors | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 6． Conclusions and future directions | 第57-62页 |
| 6．1． Conclusions | 第57页 |
| 6．2． Implications | 第57-60页 |
| 6．2．1． Implication for SLA | 第57-58页 |
| 6．2．2． Implication for pedagogy | 第58-60页 |
| 6．2．3． Implication for syllabus design | 第60页 |
| 6．3． Limitations | 第60页 |
| 6．4． Future research | 第60-62页 |
| Appendices | 第62-66页 |
| Appendix 1． Comprehension test | 第62-64页 |
| Appendix 2． Reading span test | 第64页 |
| Appendix 3． A sample composition of grade 1 | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix 4． A sample composition of grade 3 | 第65-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
