| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| List of abbreviations | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Origin of the research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第17-25页 |
| ·Literary review of studies on RCs | 第17-20页 |
| ·Literary review of the theoretical basis | 第20-25页 |
| ·Language transfer | 第20-22页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Form and function: a contrast of RCs in English and Chinese | 第25-39页 |
| ·A functional comparison of RRC and NRC in English & in Chinese | 第25-29页 |
| ·RRC and NRC in English | 第25-26页 |
| ·RRC and NRC in Chinese | 第26-29页 |
| ·RRCs in Chinese | 第27-28页 |
| ·NRCs in Chinese | 第28-29页 |
| ·A formal comparison of RCs in English and in Chinese | 第29-39页 |
| ·Differences of RCs in English and in Chinese | 第29-32页 |
| ·The tree structure and the bamboo structure | 第29-31页 |
| ·Relativizers: relative pronoun and “de” | 第31-32页 |
| ·Similarities of RCs in English and in Chinese | 第32-38页 |
| ·NRCs in English and Chinese Predicate Clauses | 第33-34页 |
| ·Sentential RCs in English and “zhe-clauses”in Chinese | 第34-35页 |
| ·English SARCs and CRCs & “Chinese Clauses” | 第35-37页 |
| ·Other similarity | 第37-38页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Empirical study on Chinese students’learning English relative clauses | 第39-50页 |
| ·Research questions | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research methods and design | 第40-41页 |
| ·Research Design | 第40页 |
| ·Subjects | 第40页 |
| ·Method | 第40-41页 |
| ·Testing materials | 第41-42页 |
| ·Materials for the Chinese-English translation test | 第41-42页 |
| ·Materials for the English-Chinese translation test | 第42页 |
| ·Data analysis and results | 第42-45页 |
| ·Results of the interview | 第42-43页 |
| ·Results of the Chinese-English translation test | 第43-44页 |
| ·Results of the English-Chinese translation test | 第44-45页 |
| ·Discussion | 第45-50页 |
| ·Psychotypology | 第45-46页 |
| ·Strategic use of English RC: avoidance strategy | 第46-47页 |
| ·Positive transfer and negative transfer | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第50-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| ·Implications of the present research | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research and suggestions for further study | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-61页 |
| Appendix I | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix II | 第62-63页 |
