| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| List of Pictures | 第10-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of SPSS Tables | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| Objectives and Significance of the Project | 第14-16页 |
| Research Questions | 第16页 |
| Overview of This Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| 1.1 Theoretical Studies on the Ba Construction | 第17-21页 |
| 1.1.1 The Semantics of the Ba Construction | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.2 The Syntactic Features of the Object of Ba | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.3 The Features of the Disposal Ba Construction | 第19-21页 |
| 1.2 Previous Studies on the Ba Construction in Child Mandarin | 第21-28页 |
| 1.2.1 The Features of the Ba Construction in Child Mandarin | 第21-25页 |
| 1.2.2 The Developmental Stages in the Acquisition Process | 第25-26页 |
| 1.2.3 The Longitudinal Changes in the Acquisition Process | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two Experimental Investigations of the Ba Construction in Child Mandarin | 第28-57页 |
| 2.1 Overview of the Experiments | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2 Experiment One: Elicited Production Task | 第29-39页 |
| 2.2.1 Research Subjects | 第30页 |
| 2.2.2 Research Procedure and Design | 第30-33页 |
| 2.2.3 Research Findings and Discussion | 第33-39页 |
| 2.3 Experiment Two: Video Verification Task | 第39-52页 |
| 2.3.1 Research Subjects | 第40页 |
| 2.3.2 Research Procedure and Design | 第40-46页 |
| 2.3.3 Research Findings and Discussion | 第46-52页 |
| 2.4 Experiment Three: Act-Out Task | 第52-57页 |
| 2.4.1 Research Subjects | 第52-53页 |
| 2.4.2 Research Procedure and Design | 第53-55页 |
| 2.4.3 Research Findings and Discussion | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Three Children's Knowledge of the Target Ba Construction | 第57-68页 |
| 3.1 Children’s Knowledge Presented in the Three Experiments | 第57-59页 |
| 3.2 Features of Children’s Knowledge of the Ba construction | 第59-64页 |
| 3.2.1 Features of the Children’s Production | 第59-63页 |
| 3.2.2 Features of Children’s Comprehension | 第63-64页 |
| 3.3 Implications for the L1 Acquisition Theory | 第64-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-69页 |
| Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第69-71页 |
| Works Cited | 第71-74页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix: Experimental Design in Chinese | 第75-78页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第78-82页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第82页 |
