| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Past Tense Feature | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Targets | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-31页 |
| ·A Review on the Initial State of L2 | 第18-20页 |
| ·Minimal Trees Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Valueless Features Hypothesis | 第20页 |
| ·A Review on Interlanguage Grammar Impairment | 第20-27页 |
| ·The Impaired Representation Hypothesis | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Global Impairment Hypothesis | 第21页 |
| ·The Local Impairment Hypothesis | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Failed Functional Features Hypothesis | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Unimpaired Representation Hypothesis | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Morphological Misreading Hypothesis | 第26-27页 |
| ·Relevant Studies at Home | 第27-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction of Minimalist Program | 第31-34页 |
| ·Crucial Concepts in Framework of MP | 第34-40页 |
| ·Functional Category | 第34-35页 |
| ·Features | 第35-36页 |
| ·Feature-checking Theory | 第36-40页 |
| ·The Correlation between Verbal Morphology and Past Tense Feature | 第40-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Four The Present Empirical Study | 第46-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·Hypotheses of Present Study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Methodology of Present Study | 第47-50页 |
| ·A Basic Introduction of SWECCL | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Selected Empirical Texts in Present Study | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Data Extraction Criteria | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Results of Empirical Study | 第50-55页 |
| ·The Past Tense Inflections of Thematic Verbs in Spoken English | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Past Tense Inflections of Thematic Verbs in Written English | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Comparison of Thematic Verb Inflections between Spoken and WrittenEnglish | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Testing of Hypotheses in Present Study | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第57-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57-58页 |
| ·An Explanation from the Perspective of Independent Morphosyntax | 第58-63页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of DM | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Vocabulary Insertion in DM | 第60-63页 |
| ·An Explanation from the Perspective of Extra-linguistic Factors | 第63-66页 |
| ·An Explanation from the Perspective of Verb Salience | 第66-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第70-75页 |
| ·Introduction | 第70页 |
| ·Summary of Research Findings | 第70-72页 |
| ·Pedagogical Suggestions | 第72-73页 |
| ·Limitations of Present Study and Suggestions for Future Researches | 第73-75页 |
| References | 第75-79页 |
| 摘要 | 第79-80页 |
| Abstract | 第80-81页 |
