| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Index to Tables | 第8-9页 |
| Index to Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第17-38页 |
| ·An Overview of Studies on Children's Temporal Cognition | 第17-35页 |
| ·Studies on Children's Temporal References Abroad | 第17-23页 |
| ·Studies on Children's Temporal References in China | 第23-29页 |
| ·An Overview of Application of Metaphor in Children's Language Acquisition Process | 第29-34页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Researches | 第34-35页 |
| ·Types of Temporal References in the Present Study | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter 2 A Longitudinal Study of Mandarin-Speaking Children's Development of Temporal References | 第38-59页 |
| ·Research Subjects and Methods | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Collection and Sorting-out | 第39-40页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第40-59页 |
| ·Results | 第40-47页 |
| ·Discussion | 第47-59页 |
| Chapter 3 A Study of English-speaking Children's Development of Temporal References | 第59-71页 |
| ·Subjects, Methods and Data Collection | 第59-60页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第60-71页 |
| ·Results | 第60-65页 |
| ·Discussion | 第65-71页 |
| Chapter 4 A Follow-up Discussion of Children's Development of Temporal References | 第71-80页 |
| ·Development Features of Mandarin-speaking Children's Temporal References | 第71-72页 |
| ·Development Features of English-speaking Children's Temporal References | 第72-74页 |
| ·Adjustment of Strategies in Children's Language Acquisition | 第74-76页 |
| ·Factors Affecting Children's Development of Time Concept | 第76-80页 |
| ·Language Complexity | 第76-77页 |
| ·Input Difference and Input Frequency | 第77-78页 |
| ·Cognitive Development | 第78-80页 |
| Conclusion | 第80-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix A (攻读学位期间发表论文目录) | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix B Observation Sessions Selected for the Present Study | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix C Tokens of Temporal References in the Selected Sessions | 第90-93页 |
| Appendix D Examples of Temporal References in the Selected Sessions | 第93-103页 |
| Appendix E Sample of Transcription | 第103-107页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第107-115页 |
