| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 General Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-49页 |
| 2.1 Markedness Theory | 第16-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Markedness | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Criteria of Markedness | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies on Markedness Theory | 第20-24页 |
| 2.1.3.1 Trubetzkoy’s Theory about Markedness Theory | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.3.2 Jakobson’s Theory about Makedness Theory | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.3.3 Chomsky’s Theory about the Markedness Theory | 第23-24页 |
| 2.1.4 Markedness in Second Language Acquisition | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Theories on Tense and Aspect | 第26-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Tense and Aspect | 第27页 |
| 2.2.2 Definition of Tense and Aspect | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.3 The English Tense-aspect Marking | 第29页 |
| 2.2.4 The Aspect Hypothesis in Tense-Aspect Marking’s First Language Acquisition | 第29-31页 |
| 2.2.5 The Differences between English and Chinese Temporality System | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3 Studies on Simple Past Tense | 第32-37页 |
| 2.3.1 The uses of Simple Past Tense | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on Simple Past Tense | 第33-34页 |
| 2.3.3 The Markedness of Functions of the Simple Past Tense | 第34-37页 |
| 2.4 Studies on Progressive Aspect | 第37-49页 |
| 2.4.1 Progressive Aspect | 第37-39页 |
| 2.4.2 The Basic Notions of Progressive Aspect | 第39-41页 |
| 2.4.3 The Different Uses of the Progressive Aspect | 第41-44页 |
| 2.4.4 The Functions of the Past Progressive Aspect | 第44-47页 |
| 2.4.5 Markedness of Functions of the Past Progressive Aspect | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第49-52页 |
| 3.1 Study Questions | 第49页 |
| 3.2 Research Subjects | 第49-50页 |
| 3.3 Instruments | 第50页 |
| 3.4 Procedures | 第50-51页 |
| 3.5 Data Collection | 第51页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Experiment | 第52-65页 |
| 4.1 Comparison across the high level and the low level English learners | 第52-56页 |
| 4.1.1 Procedures of the Comparison | 第52页 |
| 4.1.2 Result of the Comparison | 第52-54页 |
| 4.1.3 Discussion of the Results | 第54-56页 |
| 4.2 Comparison within the high level and the low level English learners | 第56-64页 |
| 4.2.1 The Procedure of the Comparison | 第57页 |
| 4.2.2 Results of the Comparison | 第57-58页 |
| 4.2.3 Discussions of the Results | 第58-64页 |
| 4.2.3.1 How Markedness Theory Affects Language Acquisition Order | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2.3.2 The discussion on the Accuracy rate of the Functions within the high level and the low level English learners | 第60-62页 |
| 4.2.3.3 Comparative Analysis on the accuracy rate of the functions between the tense and the aspect and linguistic markedness | 第62-64页 |
| 4.3 General Discussion | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-71页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第65-66页 |
| 5.2 Theoretical and Pedagogical Implications | 第66-69页 |
| 5.2.1 Theoretical implications | 第66页 |
| 5.2.2 Pedagogical implications | 第66-69页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix T/F Judgment Test | 第71-73页 |
| References | 第73-76页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表学术论文情况 | 第76-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
