| 英文摘要 | 第1-13页 |
| List of tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of figures | 第14-15页 |
| List of appendices | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第16-21页 |
| 1．1 Research orientation | 第16-17页 |
| 1．2 Significance of the study of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3 Rationale of the present study | 第18-19页 |
| 1．4 Content of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第21-43页 |
| 2．1 Overview | 第21页 |
| 2．2 Overview of the literature of temporality acquisition | 第21-24页 |
| 2．3 The Aspect Hypothesis | 第24-30页 |
| 2．3．1 The definition of lexical aspect | 第24-28页 |
| 2．3．2 The development and claims of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第28-30页 |
| 2．4 Related theoretical review | 第30-33页 |
| 2．5 Related empirical studies on the Aspect Hypothesis | 第33-40页 |
| 2．5．1 L2 Empirical evidence in support of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第34-37页 |
| 2．5．2 L2 empirical counterevidence against the Aspect Hypothesis | 第37-40页 |
| 2．6 Summary | 第40-43页 |
| CHAPTER 3 STUDY 1 | 第43-69页 |
| 3．1 Overview | 第43页 |
| 3．2 Specific research questions and hypotheses | 第43-45页 |
| 3．3 Research design | 第45-47页 |
| 3．3．1 Variables and Design | 第45-46页 |
| 3．3．2 Participants | 第46页 |
| 3．3．3 Instruments and Procedures | 第46-47页 |
| 3．4 Data coding | 第47-48页 |
| 3．5 Data analyses and results | 第48-57页 |
| 3．5．1 The use of simple past | 第48-49页 |
| 3．5．2 The distribution of simple past by lexical aspect | 第49-52页 |
| 3．5．3 The distribution of alternative forms to simple past | 第52-54页 |
| 3．5．4 The distribution of responses to repeated items | 第54-57页 |
| 3．6 Major findings and discussions | 第57-69页 |
| 3．6．1 Major findings | 第57-62页 |
| 3．6．1．1 Findings on the spreading of past marking | 第57-59页 |
| 3．6．1．2 Findings on the association between progressive marking and activities | 第59-60页 |
| 3．6．1．3 Findings on the association between present inflections and states | 第60-61页 |
| 3．6．1．4 Findings on the interaction between proficiency on simple past and lexical aspect | 第61-62页 |
| 3．6．1．5 Findings on the non-target perfect use with telics | 第62页 |
| 3．6．2 Discussions | 第62-69页 |
| 3．6．2．1 L1 influence and the non-target perfect use with telics | 第62-66页 |
| 3．6．2．2 Repeated items | 第66-67页 |
| 3．6．2．3 Responses of BE category | 第67页 |
| 3．6．2．4 Issues to be investigated in Study 2 | 第67-69页 |
| CHAPTER 4 STUDY 2 | 第69-91页 |
| 4．1 Overview | 第69页 |
| 4．2 Specific research questions and hypotheses | 第69-70页 |
| 4．3 Research design | 第70-74页 |
| 4．3．1 Variables and design | 第70-71页 |
| 4．3．2 Participants | 第71页 |
| 4．3．3 Instruments and procedures | 第71-74页 |
| 4．4 Data Coding | 第74页 |
| 4．5 Data analysis and results | 第74-83页 |
| 4．5．1 The pilot study | 第74-76页 |
| 4．5．2 The effect of the cloze version | 第76-77页 |
| 4．5．3 The revised cloze task | 第77-83页 |
| 4．5．3．1 The use of simple past | 第77-78页 |
| 4．5．3．2 The distribution of simple past by lexical aspect | 第78-80页 |
| 4．5．3．3 The distribution of alternative forms to simple past | 第80-82页 |
| 4．5．3．4 Be in prototypical and non-prototypical past contexts | 第82-83页 |
| 4．6 Major findings and discussions | 第83-91页 |
| 4．6．1 Major findings | 第83-87页 |
| 4．6．1．1 Findings on the spreading of past marking | 第83-84页 |
| 4．6．1．2 Findings on the association between progressive marking and activities | 第84-85页 |
| 4．6．1．3 Findings on the association between present inflections and statives | 第85页 |
| 4．6．1．4 Findings on the interaction between proficiency level and lexical aspect | 第85-86页 |
| 4．6．1．5 Findings on the non-target perfect use with telics | 第86页 |
| 4．6．1．6 Findings on the acquisition of simple past Be | 第86-87页 |
| 4．6．2 Discussions | 第87-91页 |
| 4．6．2．1 The acquisition of simple past be and the Prototype Account | 第87页 |
| 4．6．2．2 The non-target perfect use with activities | 第87-88页 |
| 4．6．2．3 Additional evidence in support of the Aspect Hypothesis | 第88-91页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第91-99页 |
| 5．1 Overview | 第91页 |
| 5．2 Summary of major findings | 第91-92页 |
| 5．3 Implications | 第92-96页 |
| 5．3．1 Theoretical implications | 第92-94页 |
| 5．3．2 Pedagogical implications | 第94-96页 |
| 5．4 Limitations | 第96页 |
| 5．5 Recommendations for future research | 第96-99页 |
| REFERENCES | 第99-103页 |
| APPENDICES | 第103-121页 |
