| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-15页 |
| List of Figures | 第15-16页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-21页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-80页 |
| ·Theories of Aspect | 第21-30页 |
| ·Smith's Two - Component Theory | 第21-24页 |
| ·Verkuyl's Theory of Aspect | 第24-26页 |
| ·De Swart's Framework | 第26-28页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Aspectual Marking in English and Chinese | 第30-68页 |
| ·Tense | 第31-32页 |
| ·Aspect | 第32-46页 |
| ·Definition of Aspect | 第32-33页 |
| ·Categories of Aspect | 第33-39页 |
| ·Semantic Meanings Expressed by the Interaction between Tense and Grammatical Aspect | 第39-43页 |
| ·Syntactic Elements Contributing to the Sentential Aspect | 第43-46页 |
| ·Aspect in English | 第46-49页 |
| ·Aspect in Chinese | 第49-66页 |
| ·Grammatical Aspect | 第50-57页 |
| ·Interaction between Grammatical Aspect and Lexical Aspect | 第57-64页 |
| ·Special Features of Chinese Aspectual System | 第64-66页 |
| ·Differences and Similarities between the Aspectual Marking in English and Chinese | 第66-68页 |
| ·Previous Studies on the Comprehension of Aspect | 第68-80页 |
| ·Studies on the Interpretation of the Semantic Meaning of Grammatical Aspect | 第69-74页 |
| ·Studies on the Comprehension of Lexical Aspect | 第74-75页 |
| ·Studies on the Comprehension of Grammatical Aspect and Lexical Aspect | 第75-77页 |
| ·Issues Awaiting Further Exploration in the Field of Aspect | 第77-80页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第80-90页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第80-81页 |
| ·Participants | 第81页 |
| ·Test Instrument | 第81-87页 |
| ·Rationale for the Design of the Test Instrument | 第82-83页 |
| ·Sentence Interpretation Test | 第83-85页 |
| ·Sentence Preference Test | 第85-87页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第87-88页 |
| ·Data Treatment | 第88-90页 |
| Chapter Four Results | 第90-131页 |
| ·Interpretation of the Semantic Meaning of Grammatical Aspect | 第90-100页 |
| ·Simple Present and Present Progressive on States | 第90-94页 |
| ·Simple Past and Past Progressive | 第94-100页 |
| ·Accomplishments | 第94-97页 |
| ·Achievements | 第97-100页 |
| ·Comprehension of the Semantic Feature of Telicity/Atelicity | 第100-106页 |
| ·Preference for Prototypical and Nonprototypical Combinations | 第106-126页 |
| ·States | 第106-119页 |
| ·Accomplishments | 第119-123页 |
| ·Achievements | 第123-126页 |
| ·Summary of the Results | 第126-131页 |
| ·Differences among the Chinese EFL Learners | 第127-129页 |
| ·Differences between the Chinese EFL Learners and the Native Speakers of English | 第129-131页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第131-143页 |
| ·Shared Features Exhibited by the Native Speakers of English and the Chinese EFL Learners | 第131-134页 |
| ·The Composite Nature of Aspect | 第131-133页 |
| ·Preference for Prototypical Combinations | 第133-134页 |
| ·Differences between the Native Speakers of English and the Chinese EFL Learners | 第134-137页 |
| ·Shared Patterns and Special Features Exhibited by the Chinese EFL Learners | 第137-143页 |
| ·The Pattern Exhibited by Low Proficient Chinese EFL Learners | 第137-139页 |
| ·The Pattern Exhibited by English Intermediate Group and English High Group | 第139-141页 |
| ·Special Features Exhibited by Non-English Intermediate Group | 第141-143页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第143-151页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第143-145页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第145-149页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications | 第145-147页 |
| ·Methodological Implications | 第147页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第147-149页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第149页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第149-151页 |
| References | 第151-160页 |
| Appendix A Sentence Interpretation Test | 第160-165页 |
| Appendix B Sentence Preference Test | 第165-175页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第175-177页 |
| 攻读博士学位期间所发表作品 | 第177-178页 |
| 学位论文评阋及答辩情况表 | 第178页 |
