| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Index to Tables | 第9-13页 |
| Index to Figures | 第13-15页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-21页 |
| Introduction | 第21-27页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第21-22页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Research | 第22-25页 |
| ·Organization of this Thesis | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第27-42页 |
| ·Definitions of Narrative | 第27-28页 |
| ·Research Methods for Preschoolers’ Narratives | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research Perspectives for Preschoolers’ Narratives | 第30-33页 |
| ·Research on Children’s Narrative Abilities in China | 第33-37页 |
| ·Research on Children’s Narrative Abilities Abroad | 第37-42页 |
| Chapter 2 Methodology | 第42-52页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data Coding | 第44-52页 |
| ·Narrative Structure | 第44-46页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Temporality | 第47-52页 |
| Chapter 3 Chinese-speaking Preschoolers’ Narrative Abilities | 第52-75页 |
| ·Narrative Structure Features of Chinese-speaking Preschoolers’Frog Stories at Different Ages | 第52-61页 |
| ·Features of Five Main Narrative Structure Components | 第52-54页 |
| ·Features of Eight Main Event Narrations | 第54-58页 |
| ·Micro Setting Features | 第58-61页 |
| ·Evaluation Features of Chinese-speaking Preschoolers’ Frog Stories at Different Ages | 第61-64页 |
| ·Features of Different Evaluation Strategies Used by Chinese-speaking Preschoolers | 第61-64页 |
| ·Features of Chinese-speaking Preschoolers Using the Number of Different Evaluation Strategies | 第64页 |
| ·Temporality Features of Chinese-speaking Preschoolers’ Narratives at Different Ages | 第64-70页 |
| ·Features of Temporality Development | 第65-66页 |
| ·Features of Temporal Connectives | 第66-67页 |
| ·Features of Sequential connectives | 第67-68页 |
| ·Features of Aspectual Expressions | 第68-70页 |
| ·Discussion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Narrative structure | 第70-71页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第71页 |
| ·Temporality | 第71-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter 4 English-speaking Preschoolers’ Narratives | 第75-96页 |
| ·Narrative Structure Features of English-speaking Preschoolers’ Frog Stories at Different Ages | 第75-82页 |
| ·Features of Five Main Narrative Structure Components | 第75-77页 |
| ·Features of Eight Main Event Narrations | 第77-80页 |
| ·Features of Micro Settings | 第80-82页 |
| ·Evaluation Features of English-speaking Preschoolers’ Frog Stories at Different Ages | 第82-86页 |
| ·Features of Different Evaluation Strategies Used by English-speaking Preschoolers | 第82-85页 |
| ·Features of English-speaking Preschoolers Using the Number of Different Evaluation Strategies | 第85-86页 |
| ·Temporality Features of English-speaking Preschoolers’ Narratives at Different Ages | 第86-92页 |
| ·Features of Temporality Development | 第86-89页 |
| ·Features of Temporal Connectives | 第89-90页 |
| ·Features of Sequential Connectives | 第90-91页 |
| ·Features of Aspectual Expressions | 第91-92页 |
| ·Discussion | 第92-94页 |
| ·Narrative Structure | 第92-93页 |
| ·Evaluation | 第93页 |
| ·Temporality | 第93-94页 |
| ·Summary | 第94-96页 |
| Chapter 5 Comparative analysis of Chinese-speaking and English-speaking Preschoolers’ Narratives | 第96-108页 |
| ·A Comparison of Narrative Structure | 第96-100页 |
| ·Features of Five Main Narrative Structure Components | 第96-97页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Features of Eight Main Event Narrations | 第97-99页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Features of Micro Settings | 第99-100页 |
| ·A Comparison of Evaluation Features | 第100-101页 |
| ·A Comparison of Temporality Features | 第101-104页 |
| ·A Comparison of Temporal Connectives Features | 第102页 |
| ·A Comparison of Sequential Connectives Features | 第102-103页 |
| ·A Comparison of Aspectual Expressions Features | 第103-104页 |
| ·Discussion | 第104-108页 |
| Conclusion | 第108-112页 |
| Bibliography | 第112-117页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第117-118页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ 攻读学位期间发表论文目录 | 第118-119页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ The Wordless picture book: Frog, Where are you? | 第119-138页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Data of 3-year-old Chinese-speaking group | 第138-141页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Data of 4-year-old Chinese-speaking group | 第141-146页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Data of 3-year-old English-speaking group | 第146-151页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Data of 4-year-old English-speaking group | 第151-156页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第156-163页 |
