| Acknowledgments | 第1-5页 |
| Academic achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research Background and Significance | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Purpose | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-24页 |
| ·The L2 Initial State | 第17-18页 |
| ·No Transfer | 第17-18页 |
| ·Partial Transfer | 第18页 |
| ·Full Transfer | 第18页 |
| ·The Interlanguage Grammar Impairment Hypothesis | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Failed Functional Features Hypothesis | 第19页 |
| ·The Local Impairment Hypothesis | 第19页 |
| ·The Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies at Home and Abroad | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-31页 |
| ·The Minimalist Program | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Feature-Checking Theory | 第26-31页 |
| ·Feature | 第26-27页 |
| ·Feature Checking | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Four The Present Study | 第31-41页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32页 |
| ·Results | 第32-40页 |
| ·Inflections of the Two Kinds of Subject-Verb Agreements in Written English | 第32-34页 |
| ·Inflections of the Two Kinds of Subject-Verb Agreements in Spoken English | 第34-36页 |
| ·Comparison of the Inflections in Both Written and Spoken English | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Testing of the Research Hypotheses | 第37-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第41-55页 |
| ·Explanation for the Two Mistakes in the There-be Structure | 第41-47页 |
| ·Explanation for the Overuse of the There-be Chunk Structures | 第47-50页 |
| ·Explanation for the Relatively Steady Distribution of the Agreement Inflection in the Written and Spoken There-be Structure | 第50-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第55-57页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第57-58页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第58-59页 |
| References | 第59-61页 |