| List of Tables | 第1-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Abstract | 第13-15页 |
| 摘要 | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-20页 |
| ·Orientation of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Context of Problems | 第18-19页 |
| ·Structure of the Dissertation | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第20-38页 |
| ·Related Term | 第20-21页 |
| ·Defining Nativelikeness | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Definitions of Transfer | 第21页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Cognitivist View of Transfer | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Context of the Establishment of Cognitivist View of Transfer | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Establishment of Cognivist View of Trarlsfer as the Theoretical Framework | 第24-26页 |
| ·Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Studies on Transfer | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Categories of Transfer | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Manifestations of Transfer | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Factors Affecting L1 Transfer | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Studies on Modal Verbs | 第31-38页 |
| ·The Definitions of Modality | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Empirical Studies on Modal Verbs | 第32-38页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第38-52页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Research Design | 第38-52页 |
| ·Data Selection | 第38-41页 |
| ·Data Selection from SECCL | 第39页 |
| ·Data Selection from ICE | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Selection from Native Speakers' Corpora | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Grouping of Corpus Data | 第41-43页 |
| ·Design of the Quantitative Study | 第41-42页 |
| ·Design of the Qualitative Study | 第42-43页 |
| ·Problem-finding Procedure | 第43-52页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion | 第52-101页 |
| ·Establishment of the Nativelikeness Quotients at All Levels by Comparisons | 第52-81页 |
| ·The Overall Picture of will,would,shall and should | 第52-81页 |
| ·A Study on the Negatives concerning the Four Modals | 第56-60页 |
| ·A Study on the Affirmative Fotms conceming the Four Modals | 第60-65页 |
| ·A Study on the Contracted Forms concerning the Four Modals | 第65-69页 |
| ·A Study on the Original(Uncontracted)Forms concerning the Four Modals | 第69-73页 |
| ·A Study on Simple Present Future concerning will and shall | 第73-77页 |
| ·A Study on Past Future Tense concerning would and should | 第77-81页 |
| ·An Extended Study Fogcusing on Future Tenses | 第81-93页 |
| ·A Study on be going to Structure | 第81-85页 |
| ·A Study on be about to Structure | 第85-89页 |
| ·A Study on want* to,plan* to,hope* to,wish* to and mean* to | 第89-93页 |
| ·A Study on Subjunctive Mood and a Further Study on the Tenses concerning Would and should | 第93-101页 |
| ·A Study on Subjunctive Mood concerning would and should | 第93-97页 |
| ·A Study on the Tenses concerning would and should | 第97-101页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第101-105页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第101-102页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第102-104页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第104-105页 |
| Bibliography | 第105-110页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第110-111页 |
| Publications | 第111-112页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第112页 |