| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Scope and the Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.3 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| 2.1 Overseas Studies on Relative Clauses | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Typology: Accessibility | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Language Transfer | 第18页 |
| 2.1.3 Animacy in Relative Clauses | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Overseas Studies on Resumptive Pronouns in Relative Clauses | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 Studies at Home | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第23-30页 |
| 3.1 The UG Theory | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2 Parametersetting and UG Accessibility in SLA | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.1 Parametersetting | 第24页 |
| 3.2.2 UG Accessibility in SLA | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Differences between English and Chinese Relative Clauses | 第25-28页 |
| 3.3.1 Whmovement & Whinsitu | 第25页 |
| 3.3.2 Internal Movement in English Relative Clauses and Constrains | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3.3 Resumptive Pronouns in English and Chinese | 第27-28页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four The Present Study | 第30-48页 |
| 4.1 Hypotheses | 第31页 |
| 4.2 Subjects | 第31-32页 |
| 4.3 Instrument | 第32-34页 |
| 4.4 Procedure and Scoring | 第34-36页 |
| 4.5 Research Results | 第36-46页 |
| 4.5.1 Difference among Pronoun Misuses of the Seven Types of English Relative Clauses | 第36-41页 |
| 4.5.2 Difference between Pronoun Retention and Pronoun Deletion in Relative Clauses | 第41-42页 |
| 4.5.3 Difference between Two Groups of Learners | 第42-46页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第48-58页 |
| 5.1 Explanation of the Asymmetry in Pronoun Misuses among Seven Types of Relative Clauses | 第48-51页 |
| 5.2 Explanation of the Asymmetry between Pronoun Retention and Pronoun Deletion | 第51-53页 |
| 5.3 Explanation for the Performance Difference on Pronoun Retention between Two Groups | 第53-54页 |
| 5.4 Explanation for the Performance Difference on Pronoun Deletion between Two Groups | 第54-56页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| 6.1 Summary of the Study | 第58-60页 |
| 6.2 Teaching Revelation | 第60页 |
| 6.3 Limitations of the Study and Directions for Future Study | 第60-62页 |
| References | 第62-67页 |
| Appendices | 第67-73页 |
| Appendix One | 第67-70页 |
| Appendix Two | 第70-72页 |
| Appendix Three | 第72-73页 |
