| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Index to Figures and Tables | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Current Research of Markedness Theory Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·Markedness Theory at the Phonology level | 第16-17页 |
| ·Markedness Theory at the Semantics Level | 第17-18页 |
| ·Markedness Theory at the Typology Level | 第18-19页 |
| ·Markedness Theory at the Pragmatics Level | 第19-20页 |
| ·Markedness Theory at the Cognitive Psychology Level | 第20页 |
| ·Researches of Markedness Theory at Home | 第20-23页 |
| ·Markedness Theory Research on Semantics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Markedness Theory Research on Pragmatics | 第22-23页 |
| ·Application of Markedness Theory in Semiotic | 第23页 |
| ·Deficiency of the Previous Research on Markedness Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Research of English Writing | 第24-32页 |
| ·Current Research of English Writing Aboard | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies on Teaching of English Writing at Home | 第27-30页 |
| ·Development Tendency of English Writing Research | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 2 Markedness Theory and Its Functions | 第32-46页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第32-39页 |
| ·Definition of Markedness | 第32-36页 |
| ·Criteria of Markedness | 第36-38页 |
| ·Application of Markedness in SLA | 第38-39页 |
| ·Five Functions of Simple Past Tense | 第39-44页 |
| ·Habitual Use | 第39-41页 |
| ·Use in Narrativity | 第41页 |
| ·Counterfactual Use in Past Tense | 第41-42页 |
| ·Simple Past Tense Used as Pragmatic Softener | 第42-43页 |
| ·Simple Past Tense in Indirect Speech | 第43-44页 |
| ·Markedness of the Five Functions of Simple Past Tense | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 3 Experiment Design | 第46-51页 |
| ·Hypothesis of the Experiment | 第46页 |
| ·Sampling of the Study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Instruments of the Study | 第47-49页 |
| ·English Composition Writing | 第47-48页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第48-49页 |
| ·Procedure of the experiment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Analysis | 第51-69页 |
| ·Results and Analysis of Questionnaire | 第51-53页 |
| ·Results and Discussion of Writing Samples | 第53-60页 |
| ·Results of Pretest Writing Samples | 第54-55页 |
| ·Discussion of Pretest Scores | 第55-57页 |
| ·Results of Posttest Writing Samples | 第57-59页 |
| ·Discussion of Posttest Scores | 第59-60页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis of Pretest and Posttest | 第60-63页 |
| ·Analysis of the Experimental Group | 第61-62页 |
| ·Analysis of the Comparative Group | 第62-63页 |
| ·Influence of Markedness on Acquisition Order | 第63-69页 |
| ·Influence of Language Fossilization | 第64-66页 |
| ·Explanation of the Functional Markedness | 第66-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix A (攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录) | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix B | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix C | 第79-80页 |
| 中文详细摘要 | 第80-84页 |
| 英文长摘要 | 第84-87页 |
