| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| 1.1 Research background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 The purpose of the research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Research significance | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3.1 The theoretical significance of the research | 第14页 |
| 1.3.2 The practical significance of the research | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies of the L1and L2 influence upon L3 acquisition | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies on the contrast between Mongolian and Chinese relative clause | 第18-20页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies on the contrast between Chinese and English relative clause | 第20-21页 |
| 2.4 Previous studies on the contrast between Mongolian and English relative clause | 第21-23页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-30页 |
| 3.1 Theories of Third Language Acquisition | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2 Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第30-34页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第30页 |
| 4.2 Participants | 第30页 |
| 4.3 Instruments | 第30-31页 |
| 4.3.1 Translation Task | 第31页 |
| 4.3.2 Sentence Combination Task | 第31页 |
| 4.3.3 Sentence Making Task | 第31页 |
| 4.4 Procedures | 第31-32页 |
| 4.5 Data Collection and Analysis | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第34-46页 |
| 5.1 Error types of Mongolian students’ English relative clause learning | 第34-35页 |
| 5.1.1 Errors caused by Chinese | 第34页 |
| 5.1.2 Errors caused by Mongolian | 第34页 |
| 5.1.3 Errors caused by the misuse of relatives | 第34-35页 |
| 5.1.4 Errors caused by other factors | 第35页 |
| 5.1.5 Summary | 第35页 |
| 5.2 Influence of L1 and L2 upon Mongolian Students’ English Relative Clause Learning | 第35-44页 |
| 5.2.1 Results obtained from the Translation Task | 第35-40页 |
| 5.2.2 Results obtained from the Sentence Combination Task | 第40-42页 |
| 5.2.3 Results obtained from the Sentence Making Task | 第42-43页 |
| 5.2.4 Summary | 第43-44页 |
| 5.3 Discussion | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第46-51页 |
| 6.1 Major findings | 第46-47页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第47-48页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and suggestions for future study | 第48-51页 |
| 6.3.1 Limitations | 第48-49页 |
| 6.3.2 Suggestions for future study | 第49-51页 |
| References | 第51-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58页 |
