| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Goals of the Study | 第12页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| 2.1 Definitions of Articles | 第14-15页 |
| 2.2 The Studies of English Articles Abroad | 第15-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies Based on Semantic Wheel Model | 第15-17页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies Based on Article Features of Definiteness and Specificity | 第17-20页 |
| 2.3 The Studies of English Articles at Home | 第20-22页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第24-36页 |
| 3.1 The Features of Definiteness and Specificity of English Articles | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 The Article Choice Parameter | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3 The Fluctuation Hypothesis | 第26-28页 |
| 3.4 The Semantic Wheel Model | 第28-32页 |
| 3.5 New Theories about Articles | 第32-35页 |
| 3.5.1 The Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis | 第32-33页 |
| 3.5.2 The Syntactic Misanalysis Hypothesis | 第33-34页 |
| 3.5.3 The Representational Deficit Hypothesis and Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis | 第34-35页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第36-42页 |
| 4.1 Participants | 第36-37页 |
| 4.2 Instruments | 第37-40页 |
| 4.2.1 English Proficiency Test | 第38页 |
| 4.2.2 Article Test | 第38-40页 |
| 4.3 Procedures | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.1 Pilot Test | 第40页 |
| 4.3.2 Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3.3 Data Processing | 第41页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-64页 |
| 5.1 Results for Research Question 1 | 第42-46页 |
| 5.1.1 English Proficiency Analysis | 第42-44页 |
| 5.1.2 The Relationship Between English Articles Acquisition and English Proficiency | 第44-46页 |
| 5.2 Results for Research Question 2 | 第46-53页 |
| 5.2.1 J2’s Learning Sequence of the Articles’ Semantic Features | 第46-47页 |
| 5.2.2 S1’s Learning Sequence of the Articles’ Semantic Features | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2.3 U2’s Learning Sequence of the Articles’ Semantic Features | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2.4 The Three Groups’ Performance of Article Test | 第50-53页 |
| 5.3 Results for Research Question 3 | 第53-57页 |
| 5.3.1 J2’s Learning Sequence of the Three English Articles | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3.2 S1’s Learning Sequence of the Three English Articles | 第54-55页 |
| 5.3.3 U2’s Learning Sequence of the Three English Articles | 第55-56页 |
| 5.3.4 The Three Groups’ Learning Sequence of the Three English Articles | 第56-57页 |
| 5.4 Results for Research Question 4 | 第57-63页 |
| 5.4.1 Participants Could not Distinguish Nouns’ Countability | 第58-59页 |
| 5.4.2 Participants Could not Identify the Difference Between the Generic and Specific Referents of Nouns | 第59-60页 |
| 5.4.3 Participants are Unfamiliar with Collocations | 第60-61页 |
| 5.4.4 Participants’ Confusion of Articles a and an | 第61-63页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第65-66页 |
| 6.3 Limitations | 第66-67页 |
| 6.4 Suggestions for the Future Study | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要的研究成果 | 第81-82页 |
