| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Objectives | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Significance | 第14页 |
| 1.4 Organization | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| 2.1 Working Memory | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 Inhibitory Mechanism | 第17-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Inhibition | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Classification of Inhibition | 第18页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous Studies of Inhibition in Language Comprehension | 第18-23页 |
| 2.2.3.1 Theories of Inhibition in Language Comprehension | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.3.2 Studies of Inhibition at Different Levels of Language Comprehension | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 Syntactic Ambiguity | 第23-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Syntactic Ambiguity | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence Comprehension | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3.3 Studies of the Relationship between Inhibition and Chinese L2 Learners'Comprehension of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第26页 |
| 3.2 Experimental Design | 第26-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Participants | 第27页 |
| 3.2.2 Materials and Procedures | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2.3 Data Collection and analysis | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第30-38页 |
| 4.1 Results of English Working Memory Span Test | 第30-31页 |
| 4.2 Results of Syntactic Sentence Comprehension Test | 第31-34页 |
| 4.2.1 Tests of Effects in the Same Working Memory Capacity Group | 第31-33页 |
| 4.2.2 Tests of Effects between High and Low Working Memory Capacity | 第33-34页 |
| 4.3 The Relationship between Inhibition and Working Memory Capacity in theComprehension of L2 Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence | 第34-35页 |
| 4.4 Discussion | 第35-38页 |
| 4.4.1 The Influences of Working Memory Capacity on Chinese L2 Learners'Comprehension of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence | 第35-36页 |
| 4.4.2 The Influences of Inhibitory Mechanism on the Comprehension of SyntacticAmbiguity Sentence | 第36-37页 |
| 4.4.3 The Relationship between Inhibitory Mechanism and Working Memory Capacity | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第38-41页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第38-39页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第39页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Some Suggestions | 第39-41页 |
| References | 第41-46页 |
| Appendix | 第46-48页 |
