| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 2. Topic and Subject | 第17-40页 |
| ·General Survey of Topic and Subject | 第17-21页 |
| ·General Survey of Topic | 第17-20页 |
| ·General Survey of Subject | 第20-21页 |
| ·Subject and Topic in English | 第21-26页 |
| ·Subject in English | 第21-23页 |
| ·Topic in English | 第23-25页 |
| ·English Subject VS English Topic | 第25-26页 |
| ·Subject and Topic in Chinese | 第26-31页 |
| ·The Equivalence Notion of Topic and Subject | 第27页 |
| ·The Subject and Topic View | 第27-31页 |
| ·Subject Prominence VS Topic Prominence | 第31-32页 |
| ·Typological Difference Between Chinese and English | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Property Manifestation in TP Mandarin Chinese | 第34-39页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第39-40页 |
| 3. Literature Review | 第40-47页 |
| ·Language Transfer | 第40-43页 |
| ·Defining Language Transfer | 第40-42页 |
| ·Language Transfer for the Present Study | 第42-43页 |
| ·TP Features in Interlanguage Development | 第43-46页 |
| ·View of Universal Topic-comment Stage | 第43页 |
| ·View of TP/SP Typological Transfer from L1---L2 | 第43-46页 |
| ·Key Research Question of the Present Study | 第46-47页 |
| 4. Research Design and Data Processing Methods | 第47-53页 |
| ·Method Consideration | 第47页 |
| ·Subject Sampling | 第47-48页 |
| ·Procedures | 第48-50页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第50-51页 |
| ·Variables | 第51页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第51页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第51-53页 |
| 5. Data Results and Findings | 第53-73页 |
| ·Specific Distribution of TP Properties in Writing Task | 第53-64页 |
| ·Double Subjects Construction | 第53-58页 |
| ·Existential Construction | 第58-59页 |
| ·Null Element Construction | 第59-60页 |
| ·Semantic Passive Construction | 第60-61页 |
| ·Specificity Marking | 第61-63页 |
| ·Subject-verb Agreement | 第63-64页 |
| ·Brief Summary of Results in Writing task | 第64页 |
| ·Results and Findings of Grammaticality Acceptability Judgment Task | 第64-72页 |
| ·The General Trend of TP Properties in Grammaticality Acceptability Judgment Task | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Distribution of TP Properties in Grammaticality Acceptability Judgment Task According to Each Proficiency Level | 第67-69页 |
| ·The Major Findings of the TP Properties Development According to Grammaticality Acceptability Judgment Task | 第69-72页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第72-73页 |
| 6. Discussion | 第73-82页 |
| ·Contributing Factors for Each TP Structure in Interlanguage | 第73-79页 |
| ·Double Subjects Construction | 第73-74页 |
| ·Existential Construction | 第74页 |
| ·Null Element Construction | 第74-76页 |
| ·Semantic Passive Construction | 第76-77页 |
| ·Specificity Marking | 第77-78页 |
| ·Subject-verb Agreement | 第78-79页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第79页 |
| ·The Development Sequence of TP Properties in Interlanguage | 第79-81页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第81-82页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第82-85页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第82页 |
| ·Implications | 第82-83页 |
| ·Limitations and Future Research | 第83-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-91页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第91-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第92-95页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第95页 |
