| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| ·General Description of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Need for the Study | 第15页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-36页 |
| ·Conceptual Definitions of Key Terms | 第18-23页 |
| ·Definitions of Relative Clauses | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classifications of Relative Clauses | 第19-23页 |
| ·Theoretical Perspective for the Present Study | 第23-26页 |
| ·Interlanguage | 第24-25页 |
| ·Language Transfer | 第25-26页 |
| ·Review of Previous Studies on the Acquisition of Relative Clauses | 第26-36页 |
| ·Related Studies Abroad | 第27-34页 |
| ·Related Studies at Home | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第36-44页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36页 |
| ·Research Design | 第36-44页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第36-39页 |
| ·Corpus Description | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Collected for the Study | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第39-44页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第40-41页 |
| ·Types and Frequency Distributions of Relative Clauses | 第41页 |
| ·Comparison between Learners of Different Proficiency Levels in Terms of Types and Frequencies in Their RC Production | 第41-42页 |
| ·Correlations between Chinese EFL Learners' Proficiency Levels and Their Accuracy of the RCs | 第42页 |
| ·Chinese EFL Learners' Developmental Pattern of Relative Clause Acquisition | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第44-60页 |
| ·Types and Frequency Distributions of Relative Clauses | 第44-51页 |
| ·Differences between HG and LG in Terms of RC Types and Frequencies | 第51-52页 |
| ·Correlations between Learners' Proficiency Levels and the Accuracy of RCs They Produced | 第52-53页 |
| ·Developmental Pattern for Chinese EFL Learners' Acquisition of Relative Clauses | 第53-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第60-61页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第61-63页 |
| ·Suggestions for Teaching | 第61-62页 |
| ·Suggestions for Learning | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for further Study | 第63-64页 |
| References | 第64-69页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的论文 | 第69-70页 |
