| ABSTRACT | 第3-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 The background of the study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 The purpose and significance of the research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 The overall structure of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第14-27页 |
| 2.1 Relevant researches on learners’ belief toward language learning abroad and at home | 第14-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of learners’ belief | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Classification of learners’ belief | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Relevant researches on learners’ belief | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical foundation | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.1 Syntactic structure based parsing Models | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Lexical factors influencing parsing Models | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Relevant researches on ambiguous sentence processing abroad and at home | 第21-27页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of key terms | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3.2 Relevant researches abroad | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3.3 Relevant researches at home | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第27-34页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第27页 |
| 3.2 Research subjects | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Research instruments | 第28-31页 |
| 3.3.1 Questionnaire | 第28-30页 |
| 3.3.2 Experimental materials of on-line task | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.3 Experimental materials of off-line task | 第31页 |
| 3.4 Research procedures | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussions | 第34-49页 |
| 4.1 Results from questionnaire | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2 Results from the on-line experiment | 第37-41页 |
| 4.3 Result from the off-line test | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4 General Discussion | 第42-49页 |
| 4.4.1 Discussion on results from questionnaire | 第42-43页 |
| 4.4.2 Discussion on the results from the on-line and off-line experiments | 第43-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第49-54页 |
| 5.1 Summary of major findings | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第50-52页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future researches | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-56页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire on Mongolian trilingual learners’ belief toward teaching and learning English relative clause | 第56-60页 |
| Appendix 2 Sentences used in online self-paced reading test | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix 3 Multiple variable effects | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix 4 The test of between subject effects on on-line test | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix 5 The test of within subjects effects on on-line test | 第66-70页 |
| Appendix 6 Experimental materials of off-line test | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix 7 The test of between subjects effects on off-line test | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix 8 Paired samples test on off-line test in the condition linked by of | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix 9 Paired samples test on off-line test in the condition linked by with | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix 10 Paired samples test on off-line | 第76-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
