| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第4-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-10页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Needs for the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Understanding the Patterns of Clefts Used by Chinese EFL Learners | 第12-13页 |
| ·Supplementing the Studies on Interlanguage Syntax | 第13-14页 |
| ·Providing Feedback for Grammar and Writing Teaching in China | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of this Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-35页 |
| ·Definitions and Classifications of Clefts | 第16-21页 |
| ·Definitions of Clefts | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classifications of Clefts | 第17-20页 |
| ·Working Definition and Classification of Clefts in this Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Syntactic Properties of Clefts | 第21-25页 |
| ·Basic Elements of Clefts | 第21-23页 |
| ·Constructions that Syntactically Resemble Clefts | 第23-25页 |
| ·Semantic Properties of Clefts | 第25-26页 |
| ·Contrastiveness | 第25-26页 |
| ·Uniqueness/Exclusiveness | 第26页 |
| ·Discourse Functions of Clefts | 第26-29页 |
| ·Function of Initiation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Function of Continuation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Function of Concluding | 第29页 |
| ·Thematic Structure and Information Structure of Clefts | 第29-31页 |
| ·Thematic Structure | 第29-30页 |
| ·Information Structure | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Cleft Constructions | 第31-35页 |
| ·Theoretical Studies | 第31-33页 |
| ·Empirical Studies | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第35-44页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35页 |
| ·Research Design | 第35-39页 |
| ·Corpus Description | 第36-37页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第37-39页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第39-44页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis | 第39-41页 |
| ·Qualitative Analysis | 第41-44页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第44-66页 |
| ·Quantitative Analysis | 第44-54页 |
| ·Overall Frequencies of the Use of Clefts | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Use of It-clefts | 第46-49页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Use of Pseudo-clefts | 第49-52页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Clefts Use by Learners on Different Levels | 第52-54页 |
| ·Qualitative Analysis | 第54-63页 |
| ·Syntactic Problems in Clefts Use | 第54-56页 |
| ·Semantic Problems in Clefts Use | 第56-59页 |
| ·Problems of Discourse Functions in Clefts Use | 第59-63页 |
| ·Possible Explanations for the Use of Clefts by Chinese EFL Learners | 第63-65页 |
| ·First Language (L1) Transfer | 第63-64页 |
| ·Transfer of Training | 第64页 |
| ·Avoidance | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第66-70页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
