| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第11-12页 |
| Table of Contents | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Research Background | 第14页 |
| ·Research Issue and Significance | 第14-16页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Hypothesis | 第17-26页 |
| ·Lexical Acquisition:the Generative Viewpoint and the Emergentist Viewpoint | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Role of Syntax in Verb Learning | 第19-21页 |
| ·Hypothesis of Verbs and Their Syntactic Representations | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Lexical Projection Hypothesis(LPH) | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Frame Semantics Hypothesis | 第22-23页 |
| ·Frame Compliant and Verb Compliant in Verb Interpretation | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Origins of Syntactic Bootstrapping Theory | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature Review | 第26-39页 |
| ·An Overview of the Related Studies in English Verb | 第26-34页 |
| ·Naigles's Referential-looking Experiment | 第26-28页 |
| ·Gertner,Fisher & Eisengart's Syntactic Bootstrapping Experiments | 第28-29页 |
| ·Yuan & Fisher's Syntactic Bootstrapping Experiments | 第29-31页 |
| ·Arunachalam & Waxman's Syntactic Bootstrapping Experiments | 第31-32页 |
| ·Scott & Fisher's Experiment of Causal Verbs and Unspecified Object Verbs | 第32-34页 |
| ·Bootstrapping Experiment in Chinese Verb | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Consideration ofArguments for Chinese Verbs | 第34-36页 |
| ·Lee & Naigles' Syntactic Bootstrapping Experiment in Chinese Verb Acquisition | 第36-37页 |
| ·Summary of Previous Studies | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Experiment Tasks and Methods | 第39-54页 |
| ·Participants | 第39页 |
| ·The Role of Syntax in Children's Interpretation of Familiar Verbs | 第39-49页 |
| ·Test Design and Procedures | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data encoding and Scoring | 第40-43页 |
| ·Transitive Verbs with NVN Frame and NV Frame | 第41-42页 |
| ·Intransitive Verbs with NV Frame and NVN Frame | 第42-43页 |
| ·Results and Analyses | 第43-49页 |
| ·Analyses of Transitive Verbs with NVN and NV fames | 第43-46页 |
| ·Analyses of Intransitive Verbs with NV and NVN frames | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Role of Syntax in Children's Interpretation ofNovel Verbs | 第49-52页 |
| ·Test Design and Procedures | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data Collection and Scoring | 第50页 |
| ·Results and Analyses | 第50-52页 |
| ·Discussion | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Findings and Summary | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations and Expectations | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Appendix | 第61-63页 |
