| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-21页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第21-27页 |
| ·Goals of the dissertation | 第21-23页 |
| ·Research Questions of the dissertation | 第23页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第23-24页 |
| ·Framework of the dissertation | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Language Transfer and Markedness Theory | 第27-56页 |
| ·Language Transfer in SLA | 第27-39页 |
| ·Manifestation of transfer | 第29-37页 |
| ·Negative Transfer | 第30-34页 |
| ·Zero Transfer | 第34-35页 |
| ·Positive Transfer | 第35-37页 |
| ·Transfer of L1 and L2 in L3 acquisition and bi-directional transfer | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary of language transfer | 第38-39页 |
| ·Markedness | 第39-56页 |
| ·Definition of markedness | 第40-43页 |
| ·The criteria for determining markedness | 第43-45页 |
| ·Markedness in Language Transfer | 第45-51页 |
| ·Linguistic Studies of markedness and language transfer | 第45-49页 |
| ·Psychological Studies of markedness and language transfer | 第49-51页 |
| ·Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) | 第51-55页 |
| ·Summary of markedness theory | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 3 Studies on L2 Acquisition of English Articles | 第56-82页 |
| ·The nominal domain of articles | 第56-61页 |
| ·DP Hypothesis | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Nominal Mapping Parameter | 第59-61页 |
| ·Linguistic studies of English article acquisition | 第61-74页 |
| ·Syntactic aspect of article acquisition | 第61-64页 |
| ·Representational Deficit Hypothesis | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis | 第62-64页 |
| ·Semantic aspect of article acquisitions | 第64-72页 |
| ·Biological Program Hypothesis and the Semantic Wheel Theory | 第64-66页 |
| ·The Fluctuation Hypothesis and the Article Choice Parameter | 第66-72页 |
| ·Pragmatic aspect of L2 article acquisitions | 第72-74页 |
| ·Cognitive studies of English article acquisition | 第74-77页 |
| ·The study of language transfer and markedness in article acquisition | 第77-82页 |
| Chapter 4 Experiment 1: The Multiple-Choice Task | 第82-107页 |
| ·Research questions | 第82-83页 |
| ·Research method | 第83-86页 |
| ·Participants | 第83页 |
| ·Semantic types of articles | 第83-85页 |
| ·Analytical methods | 第85页 |
| ·Procedure | 第85-86页 |
| ·Results | 第86-93页 |
| ·Comparison of mean scores between different groups | 第86-88页 |
| ·Comparison of mean scores between different semantic types | 第88-93页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第93-102页 |
| ·Difference of accuracy with different native languages | 第93-96页 |
| ·Difference of accuracy in different semantic types | 第96-102页 |
| ·High error rate of the in [-SR][+HK] and an in [+SR][-HK] | 第97-101页 |
| ·High accuracy of the in [+SR][-HK] and a in [-SR][-HK] | 第101-102页 |
| ·Discussion | 第102-107页 |
| Chapter 5 Experiment 2: The Blank-filling Task | 第107-135页 |
| ·Research questions | 第107-108页 |
| ·Research Method | 第108-110页 |
| ·Participants | 第108页 |
| ·Instrument | 第108页 |
| ·Classification of determiners | 第108-110页 |
| ·Procedure | 第110页 |
| ·Results | 第110-118页 |
| ·Difference in accuracy of determiners between different groups | 第111-114页 |
| ·Difference in accuracy of determiners between different semantic types | 第114-116页 |
| ·Overuse and underuse of articles and other determiners | 第116-118页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第118-129页 |
| ·Difference in accuracy of determiners with different native languages | 第118-123页 |
| ·Determiners in Chinese VS determiners in English | 第119-122页 |
| ·Determiners in French and Spanish VS determiners in English | 第122-123页 |
| ·Differences in accuracy between different semantic types | 第123-126页 |
| ·Overuse and underuse of articles among learners with different native languages | 第126-129页 |
| ·Overuse of the definite article | 第126-128页 |
| ·Underuse of the indefinite article and the zero article | 第128-129页 |
| ·Discussion | 第129-135页 |
| Chapter 6 The Interviews | 第135-159页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第135页 |
| ·Research Method | 第135-138页 |
| ·Participants and procedure | 第135-136页 |
| ·Classification of the reasons | 第136-138页 |
| ·Results | 第138-142页 |
| ·Descriptive analysis of specific and non-specific reasons | 第138-142页 |
| ·Descriptive analysis of language transfer | 第142页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第142-153页 |
| ·Different types of reasons: specific reasons | 第143-147页 |
| ·Different types of reasons: Non-specific reasons | 第147-149页 |
| ·Different types of reasons: Language transfer and markedness | 第149-153页 |
| ·Discussion | 第153-159页 |
| Chapter 7 General Discussion and Conclusion | 第159-166页 |
| ·Major findings | 第159-161页 |
| ·Implications | 第161-164页 |
| ·Theoretical implications | 第161-162页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第162-164页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for future research | 第164-166页 |
| Bibliography | 第166-185页 |
| Appendix A The Multiple-choice Task | 第185-190页 |
| Appendix B The Blank-filling Task | 第190-192页 |
| Appendix C Transcription Notation | 第192-193页 |
