| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第18-32页 |
| 1.1 An Overview of Studies on Ellipsis in Syntax | 第18-21页 |
| 1.2 An Overview of Studies on Ellipsis in Pragmatics | 第21-25页 |
| 1.3 An Overview of Studies on Ellipsis in Semantics | 第25-26页 |
| 1.4 Studies on Null Subject Sentences and Subject Ellipsis | 第26-28页 |
| 1.5 Classification of Ellipsis | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 2 A Longitudinal Study of Mandarin-speaking Children’s Use ofEllipsis | 第32-72页 |
| 2.1 Subjects and Methods | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2 Data Collection and Selection | 第33-34页 |
| 2.3 Results | 第34-57页 |
| 2.3.1 Frequency of Children’s Use of Subject Ellipsis, Predicate Ellipsis, Object Ellipsis and Attribute Ellipsis | 第34-36页 |
| 2.3.2 Subject Ellipsis | 第36-39页 |
| 2.3.2.1 Types of Subject Ellipsis | 第36-38页 |
| 2.3.2.2 Tokens of Subject Ellipsis | 第38-39页 |
| 2.3.3 Predicate Ellipsis | 第39-49页 |
| 2.3.3.1 Types and Tokens of Predicate Ellipsis | 第39-48页 |
| 2.3.3.2 Initial Ellipsis of Directional Verb Predicate | 第48-49页 |
| 2.3.4 Object Ellipsis | 第49-54页 |
| 2.3.4.1 Types and Tokens of Object Ellipsis | 第49-53页 |
| 2.3.4.2 Initial Appearance of Pronoun Object Ellipsis | 第53-54页 |
| 2.3.5 Attribute Ellipsis | 第54-57页 |
| 2.3.5.1 Types of Attribute Ellipsis | 第54页 |
| 2.3.5.2 Initial Ellipsis Time, Types and Tokens of All Kinds of Attribute Ellipsis | 第54-57页 |
| 2.4 Discussion | 第57-70页 |
| 2.4.1 Similarities in the Use of Ellipsis Between Children and Adult | 第57-58页 |
| 2.4.2 Differences in the Use of Ellipsis Between Children and Adult | 第58-60页 |
| 2.4.3 Factors Influencing Children’s Use of Ellipsis | 第60-70页 |
| 2.4.3.1 Input Frequency | 第60-65页 |
| 2.4.3.2 Level of Children’s Cognitive Development | 第65-69页 |
| 2.4.3.3 Semantic Difficulty | 第69-70页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter 3 An Analysis of Children’s Misuse of Ellipsis | 第72-93页 |
| 3.1 Standards for the Selection of Children’s Misuse of Ellipsis | 第72-73页 |
| 3.2 Types of Children’s Misuse of Ellipsis | 第73-85页 |
| 3.2.1 Subject Incompleteness | 第74-77页 |
| 3.2.1.1 Subject Incompleteness in Multi-people Conversation | 第74-75页 |
| 3.2.1.2 Subject Incompleteness in Compound Sentences | 第75-76页 |
| 3.2.1.3 Subject Incompleteness in Initiate Conversations | 第76-77页 |
| 3.2.2 Predicate Incompleteness | 第77-82页 |
| 3.2.2.1 Predicate Incompleteness in Repetitive Utterances | 第77-78页 |
| 3.2.2.2 Confusion of Adverbial and Predicate | 第78-79页 |
| 3.2.2.3 Incompleteness of Predicate and Other Components at the Same Time | 第79-80页 |
| 3.2.2.4 Structure of S+O | 第80-82页 |
| 3.2.3 Object Incompleteness | 第82-83页 |
| 3.2.4 Attribute Incompleteness | 第83-85页 |
| 3.3 Causes for Children’s Misuse of Ellipsis | 第85-91页 |
| 3.3.1 Level of Children’s Cognitive Development | 第85-87页 |
| 3.3.2 Language Environment | 第87-89页 |
| 3.3.3 Acquisition Strategies | 第89-90页 |
| 3.3.4 Speed of Talking | 第90-91页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第91-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-95页 |
| Bibliography | 第95-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98-99页 |
| Appendix A (攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录) | 第99-100页 |
| Appendix B Tables for Selected Sessions | 第100-101页 |
| Appendix C Tables of Subject Ellipsis | 第101-103页 |
| Appendix D Tables of Predicate Ellipsis | 第103-109页 |
| Appendix E Tables of Object Ellipsis | 第109-115页 |
| Appendix F Tables of Attribute Ellipsis | 第115-120页 |
| Appendix G Examples of Ellipsis Errors | 第120-126页 |
| Appendix H Sample of Transcription | 第126-128页 |
| Appendix I (中文长摘要) | 第128-130页 |
