| 作者简介 | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-20页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第20-29页 |
| §1.1 English articles | 第20-23页 |
| §1.2 Significance of this research | 第23-25页 |
| §1.3 Research questions | 第25-26页 |
| §1.4 Orgnization of the thesis | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第29-48页 |
| §2.1 Theoretical background | 第29-40页 |
| ·The Semantic Whee1 | 第29-33页 |
| ·The Fluctuation Hypothesis | 第33-37页 |
| ·Comments on article theories | 第37-40页 |
| §2.2 Previous studies on article acquisition | 第40-48页 |
| ·Studies by oversea scholars | 第40-45页 |
| ·Studies by Chinese scholars | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第48-58页 |
| §3.1 Objectives | 第48-49页 |
| §3.2 Research design | 第49-58页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49-50页 |
| ·Test instruments | 第50-56页 |
| ·Oxford Quick Placement Test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Article Test | 第51-55页 |
| ·Open-ended questions about reasons for article use | 第55-56页 |
| ·Tools | 第56页 |
| ·Procedure | 第56-58页 |
| ·Data collection | 第56-57页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第58-93页 |
| §4.1 Relationship between English proficiency and acquisition of English articles | 第58-67页 |
| ·English proficiency level | 第59-64页 |
| ·Relationship between English proficiency and acquisition of English articles | 第64-67页 |
| §4.2 Learners' acquisition of articles with different semantic features | 第67-76页 |
| ·Performance by different proficiency groups | 第67-73页 |
| ·Performance by all the subjects as a whole | 第73-76页 |
| §4.3 Language-related causes for English learners' article choice | 第76-93页 |
| ·Basic analysis of English learners' reasons for their article choice | 第78-83页 |
| ·Interference in English learners' article choice | 第83-93页 |
| ·Interlingual interference | 第84-89页 |
| ·Omission of articles | 第84-86页 |
| ·Confusion of a/an in English and "一" (yi) in Chinese | 第86-89页 |
| ·Intralingual interference | 第89-93页 |
| ·Neglect of the in [-SR +HK] context | 第89-91页 |
| ·Misuse of the in [+SR -HK] and [-SR -HK] context | 第91-93页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第93-98页 |
| §5.1 Summary of the findings | 第93-95页 |
| §5.2 Implications for article teaching | 第95-96页 |
| §5.3 Limitations and future studies | 第96-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
| References | 第99-106页 |
| Appendices | 第106-121页 |
| Appendix A Oxford Quick Placement Test | 第106-115页 |
| Appendix B Article Test | 第115-120页 |
| Appendix C Follow-up Interviews | 第120-121页 |
| Published essays | 第121-122页 |
