| Chinese Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Tables&Figures | 第12-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| 1 Objectives of the Study | 第13-16页 |
| 2 Organization of This Dissertation | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Error Analysis: An Overview | 第18-38页 |
| 1 Behaviorism and Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第19-22页 |
| 2 Interlanguage Hypothesis and Error Analysis | 第22-27页 |
| ·Interlanguage | 第22-25页 |
| ·The significance of learners'errors | 第25-27页 |
| 3 Procedures of Error Analysis | 第27-36页 |
| ·Collecting a sample of learner language | 第27-29页 |
| ·Identifying errors | 第29-30页 |
| ·Describing errors | 第30-32页 |
| ·Explaining errors | 第32-36页 |
| 4 Conclusion: An Assessment of EA | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Problems of Error Analysis | 第38-52页 |
| 1 Weaknesses in Methodological Procedures | 第38-46页 |
| ·Lack of consensus in the definition of errors | 第39-41页 |
| ·Confusion of explanatory and descriptive aspects of EA | 第41-42页 |
| ·Lack of sufficient precision and specificity in the definition of error categories | 第42-43页 |
| ·The inappropriate use of simplistic classifications to explain learners'errors | 第43-45页 |
| ·The unreliability of heterogeneous learner data as a basis for EA | 第45-46页 |
| 2 Limitations in Scope | 第46-49页 |
| ·Failure to provide a complete picture of learner language | 第46-47页 |
| ·Affording only a static view of L2 acquisition | 第47-48页 |
| ·Inability to address the issue of avoidance in L2 acquisition | 第48-49页 |
| 3 Conclusion: Necessity to Bring EA Back to Life | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four Leander Corpora and Computer-aided SLA Research | 第52-72页 |
| 1 Corpus Linguistics and the Study of Learner Language | 第52-55页 |
| 2 Learner Language on Computer | 第55-62页 |
| ·Empirical data in SLA research | 第56-58页 |
| ·Contributions of learner corpora to SLA research | 第58-62页 |
| 3 Factor Analysis and Applied Linguistics | 第62-69页 |
| ·A brief introduction to factor analysis | 第62-64页 |
| ·A technical description of factor analysis | 第64-67页 |
| ·Factor analysis in applied linguistics | 第67-69页 |
| 4 Conclusion: Learner Corpora and Factor Analysis-A Promising Synergy for EA | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Five A Multiple Component Approach to EA (1): Methodology and Procedures | 第72-91页 |
| 1 Theoretical Assumption | 第72-74页 |
| 2 Methodological Steps of the Study | 第74-89页 |
| ·CLEC (Chinese Learner English Corpus) | 第75-77页 |
| ·Selection of error types | 第77-80页 |
| ·Frequency counts of various errors | 第80-83页 |
| ·Extraction of factors | 第83-86页 |
| ·Interpretation of factors | 第86-87页 |
| ·Computation of factor scores | 第87-89页 |
| 3 Conclusion: The Promise of the Study | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter Six A Multiple Component Approach to EA (2): Results and Discussion | 第91-128页 |
| 1 The Factorial Structure | 第91-98页 |
| 2 The Interpretation of Factors as Error Sources | 第98-113页 |
| ·Interpretation of Factor 1 | 第99-100页 |
| ·Interpretation of Factor 2 | 第100-104页 |
| ·Interpretation of Factor 3 | 第104-108页 |
| ·Interpretation of Factor 4 | 第108-110页 |
| ·Interpretation of Factor 5 | 第110-113页 |
| 3 Characterizing Chinese English Learners with Respect to Errors | 第113-125页 |
| ·Investigating learner differences along factors | 第115-117页 |
| ·Exploring the dynamic pattern of componential influence on Chinese English learners at different stages | 第117-125页 |
| 4 Conclusion: Achievements of the Present Study | 第125-128页 |
| Chapter Seven Concluding Remarks: Significance and Limitations | 第128-134页 |
| 1 Significance of the Present Study | 第128-132页 |
| 2 Limitations of the Present Study | 第132-134页 |
| Appendixes | 第134-140页 |
| Bibliography | 第140-147页 |
