| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-34页 |
| ·Overview of topic and topic-prominent language | 第13-19页 |
| ·The definition of topic | 第13-14页 |
| ·Distinguishing topic from subject | 第14-16页 |
| ·What is topic-prominent language | 第16页 |
| ·The features of topic-prominent language | 第16-19页 |
| ·Typological Difference between Chinese and English | 第19-24页 |
| ·The difference between Chinese and English sentence structure | 第19-20页 |
| ·Topic-prominent in Chinese and Subject-Prominent in English | 第20-21页 |
| ·Characteristics of Chinese as a topic-prominent Language | 第21-24页 |
| ·Topic-prominent structures in Chinese- English interlanguage | 第24-31页 |
| ·Double subject construction (DC) | 第24-25页 |
| ·Existential construction (EC) | 第25-26页 |
| ·Zero Anaphora (ZA) | 第26-28页 |
| ·Pseudo-passive structure (PP) | 第28-30页 |
| ·Pseudo-tough movement (PT) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Periphrastic construction (PC) | 第31页 |
| ·Studies on topic-prominent language in L2 acquisition | 第31-34页 |
| ·Studies concerning Chinese as L2 | 第31-32页 |
| ·Studies concerning English as L2 | 第32-34页 |
| 3 Theoretical framework | 第34-40页 |
| ·Interlanguage theory | 第34-36页 |
| ·Interlanguage and its features | 第34-35页 |
| ·The influence of Chinese TP features on Chinese-English interlanguage | 第35-36页 |
| ·Transfer theory | 第36-40页 |
| ·Overview of transfer | 第37-38页 |
| ·Language transfer in interlanguage | 第38页 |
| ·Language transfer and proficiency levels | 第38-40页 |
| 4 Methodology | 第40-45页 |
| ·Research questions | 第40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| ·Instruments | 第41-42页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第42-43页 |
| ·Data collection | 第43-45页 |
| 5 Results and Discussion | 第45-55页 |
| ·Comparison and analysis of each Topic-prominent structures | 第45-52页 |
| ·Comparison and analysis of TP structures at three proficiency levels | 第52-55页 |
| ·Distributions of TP structures at preliminary level | 第52页 |
| ·Distributions of TP structures at intermediate level | 第52-53页 |
| ·Distributions of TP structures at advanced level | 第53-55页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第55-58页 |
| ·Summary of findings | 第55页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第55-57页 |
| ·Limitations | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第65-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |
