| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·The Pre-recursion Interpretation by Descartes and Humboldt | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Early Interpretation by Chomsky | 第16-19页 |
| ·The Self-embedding Notion in Phrase Structure Grammar | 第16-17页 |
| ·Finite State Grammar | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Hypothesis Put Forward by Hauser,Chomsky and Fitch(2002) | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Definition Proposed by Fitch(2010) | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Analysis by Zwart(2011) | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Review by Lobina(2011) | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Syntactic Structure of Relative Clause | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3 The Reinterpretation of Recursion | 第27-38页 |
| ·The Distinction between Recursion and Self-embedding | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Diference between the Mechanism and Manifestation of Recursion | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Hierarchical Analysis of Two Grammar Patterns in Fitch and Hauser(2004) | 第31-38页 |
| Chapter 4 The Manifestation of Recursion on Relative Clauses in DifferentLanguages | 第38-69页 |
| ·Linguistic Data Concerning Relative Clause in Different Languages | 第39-54页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Standard Indonesian | 第39-40页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Puyung Meno-Mene | 第40-42页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Qiang | 第42-43页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Japanese | 第43-45页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Turkish | 第45-47页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Korean | 第47-48页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Persian | 第48-50页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Hindi | 第50-51页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Irish | 第51-53页 |
| ·Relative Clause in Arabic | 第53-54页 |
| ·Recursive Patterns of Relative Clause in Different Languages | 第54-67页 |
| ·Recursive Patterns in Standard Indonesian and Puyung Meno-MeneRelative Clauses | 第55-57页 |
| ·Recursive Patterns in Qiang Relative Clause | 第57-58页 |
| ·Recursive Patterns in Japanese,Turkish and Korean Relative Clauses | 第58-61页 |
| ·Recursive Patterns in Persian,Hindi,Irish and Arabic Relative Clauses | 第61-67页 |
| ·Conclusion of this Chapter | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter 5 The Reinterpretation of the Experiment in Fitch and Hauser(2004) | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| References | 第75-77页 |
