| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-8页 |
| List of Figures | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| CONTENTS | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-21页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第13-16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Method and Data Collection | 第18-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-37页 |
| ·Two Main Views on Errors | 第21-29页 |
| ·Behavioristic View on Errors | 第21-23页 |
| ·Error Committing as a Resull of Interference from Native Language | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive View on Errors | 第23-27页 |
| ·Error Committing as an Unavoidable Leaning Strategy | 第24-25页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第25-27页 |
| ·Common Classifications of Errors | 第27-29页 |
| ·Typological Differences between English and Chinese | 第29-37页 |
| ·Topic and Subject | 第29-31页 |
| ·Definitions of Topic and Subject | 第29-30页 |
| ·Differences between Topic and Subject | 第30-31页 |
| ·Topic and Subject in Chinese VS. English | 第31-34页 |
| ·Topic and Subject in Chinese | 第31-32页 |
| ·Topic and Subject in English | 第32-34页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Topic-prominence in the Chinese-English Interlanguage | 第34-37页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第34页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第37-49页 |
| ·Topic Structures in Chinese VS. English | 第37-41页 |
| ·Topic Structures in Chinese | 第37-39页 |
| ·Topic Structures in English | 第39-41页 |
| ·Topic Continuity in Chinese VS. English | 第41-43页 |
| ·Topic Continuity in Chinese | 第41-42页 |
| ·Topic Continuity in English | 第42-43页 |
| ·Error Classifications of the Study | 第43-49页 |
| ·Double-subject Constructions | 第43-45页 |
| ·Empty Element Constructions | 第45-47页 |
| ·Absence of Definite Article"the" | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第49-59页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第49-50页 |
| ·Instruments | 第50-51页 |
| ·AntConc3.2.4 | 第50-51页 |
| ·SPSS16.0 for Windows | 第51页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第51-59页 |
| ·Coding and Tagging Errors | 第51-53页 |
| ·Searching for Errors | 第53-56页 |
| ·Calculating Percentages | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第59-79页 |
| ·Double-subject Constructions | 第60-69页 |
| ·Noun Phrases as Topics | 第61-64页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第61-63页 |
| ·Examples and Discussion | 第63-64页 |
| ·Verb Phrases as Topics | 第64-67页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第64-66页 |
| ·Examples and Discusion | 第66-67页 |
| ·Clauses as Topics | 第67-69页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第67-68页 |
| ·Examples and Discussion | 第68-69页 |
| ·Empty Element Constructions | 第69-76页 |
| ·Empty Subject Constructions | 第70-73页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第70-71页 |
| ·Examples and Discussion | 第71-73页 |
| ·Empty Object Constructions | 第73-76页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第74-75页 |
| ·Examples and Discussion | 第75-76页 |
| ·Absence of Definite Article "the" | 第76-79页 |
| ·Presentation of Statistical Results | 第76页 |
| ·Examples and Discussion | 第76-79页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第79-83页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Thesis and Suggestions for the Further Study | 第82-83页 |
| APPENDIX | 第83-87页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第87-93页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第93-94页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第94页 |
