| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| ·General Introduction to the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Necessity of the Study | 第17页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-36页 |
| ·Studies on There- Existential Construction | 第19-24页 |
| ·Definitions of There- Existential Construction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classification of There- Existential Construction | 第20-21页 |
| ·Theoretical Research on There- Existential Construction | 第21-24页 |
| ·Studies on the Comparison of Chinese and English Existential Constructions | 第24-25页 |
| ·Studies on Chinese EFL Learners' Acquisition of English There- ExistentialConstruction | 第25-28页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on the Acquisition of English There- Existential Construction | 第25-27页 |
| ·Corpus-based Studies on the Acquisition of English There- Existential Construction | 第27-28页 |
| ·Some Important Theories of SLA(Second Language Acquisition) | 第28-33页 |
| ·CA(Contrastive Analysis) | 第29页 |
| ·EA(Error Analysis) | 第29-31页 |
| ·IA(Interlanguage Analysis)and CIA(Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis) | 第31-33页 |
| ·Originality of the Study | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Methodology | 第36-41页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第36页 |
| ·Corpora and Tools Used in the Study | 第36-38页 |
| ·CLEC and the Tool | 第37页 |
| ·NESSIE and the Tool | 第37-38页 |
| ·Procedures for Data Processing | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第41-57页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Chinese EFL Learners' Acquisition of There- ExistentialConstruction | 第41-49页 |
| ·The Difference in the Frequency of There- Existential Construction between Chinese EFL Learners and Native English Speakers | 第41-44页 |
| ·The Difference in the Use of Various Forms of There- Existential Construction between Chinese EFL Learners and Native English Speakers | 第44-49页 |
| ·The Regularity of Chinese EFL Learners' Acquisition of There- ExistentialConstruction | 第49-55页 |
| ·The Difference in the Number and Types of Errors between ST2 and ST5 | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Analysis of Causes for Different Types of Errors in ST2 and ST5 | 第51-55页 |
| ·The Interlanguage Features in Chinese EFL Learners' Acquisition of There-Existential Construction | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第57-58页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-61页 |
| Works Cited | 第61-65页 |
| Publications | 第65页 |
