| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abbreviations | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 The need for the study | 第9页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 The purpose of the study | 第10页 |
| 1.4 The organization of the thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| 2.1 The definition of relative clauses | 第12-13页 |
| 2.2 The types of the ERC | 第13-15页 |
| 2.3 Three main predictions of relative clause acquisition | 第15-17页 |
| 2.3.1 Keenan and Comrie’s (1977) NPAH | 第15-16页 |
| 2.3.2 Kuno’s (1974) Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis (PDH) | 第16页 |
| 2.3.3 Hamilton’s (1994) SO Hierarchy Hypothesis | 第16-17页 |
| 2.4 Relevant studies abroad and at home on three main predictions of relative clause acquisition | 第17-23页 |
| 2.4.1 Studies on Keenan and Comrie’s (1977) NPAH | 第18页 |
| 2.4.2 Studies on Kuno’s (1974) perceptual difficulty hypothesis | 第18-19页 |
| 2.4.3 Studies on Hamilton’s (1994) SOHH | 第19页 |
| 2.4.4 A survey of the previous research methods abroad | 第19-21页 |
| 2.4.5 A survey of the previous research methods at home | 第21-23页 |
| 2.5 Limitations of previous studies | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methods and Design | 第24-29页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第24页 |
| 3.2 Participants | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Testing materials | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.1 Materials for the sentence combination test | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3.2 Materials for the grammaticality judgment task | 第26页 |
| 3.4 Procedure | 第26-27页 |
| 3.5 Scoring | 第27-28页 |
| 3.5.1 Scoring for the sentence combination test | 第27-28页 |
| 3.5.2 Scoring for the grammaticality judgment task test | 第28页 |
| 3.6 Data analysis | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Results | 第29-39页 |
| 4.1 Results of the sentence combination test | 第29-31页 |
| 4.2 Results of grammaticality judgment test | 第31-33页 |
| 4.3 Results on the sentence combination test between high level group and low level group | 第33-35页 |
| 4.4 Results of high level group and low level group on grammaticality judgment test | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 5 Findings and Discussion | 第39-47页 |
| 5.1 Major findings of present study | 第39-41页 |
| 5.1.1 Results on sentence combination test and the grammaticality judgment test | 第39-40页 |
| 5.1.2 Results on two tests between high and low level group | 第40-41页 |
| 5.2 Discussion | 第41-46页 |
| 5.2.1 Discussion on the effect of RC types on sentence combination and grammaticality judgment test | 第41-44页 |
| 5.2.2 Discussion about the effects of matrix position | 第44页 |
| 5.2.3 Discussion about the effects of language proficiency level | 第44-46页 |
| 5.3 Summary of the discussion | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第47-51页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the research | 第47-49页 |
| 6.2 Pedagogical implications of the present study | 第49页 |
| 6.3 Limitations | 第49页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for further research | 第49-51页 |
| References | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix l Testing Materials for the Sentence Combination Test | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix2 Testing Material for the Grammaticality Judgment Test | 第58-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60页 |
