声明
致谢
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Significance of the study
1.3 Overview of the thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1The Interlanguage Theory
2.2Error Analysis (EA)
2.3Studies on Chinese Learners’ Acquisition of English Relative Clause
2.3.1 The influence of the first language on the acquisition of the English RC
2.3.2The influence of the implicational universals of language
2.3.3The influence of instruction on the acquisition of the RC
2.4Summary
2.5The Target Structure
2.5.1 The English relative clause
2.5.2 Comparison between English RCs and Chinese RCs
2.6Hypotheses of RC acquisition
2.6.1The Noun Phrase accessibility hierarchy (NPAH)
2.6.2Perceptual Difficulty Hypothesis (PDH)
2.6.3Subject-Object Hierarchy Hypothesis (SOHH)
2.6.4Studies on the NPAH in SLA Research
Chapter Three METHODOLOGY
3.1Research Questions
3.2 Quantitative Design
3.2.1 Subjects
3.2.2 Sampling Technique
3.2.3 Treatment
3.2.4Contrastive Analysis (CA)
3.2.5Data elicitation methods and scoring guidelines
4.2.6 Procedures
4.2.7Data collection and analysis
4.3 Qualitative Design
4.3.1 Participants
4.3.2 Instruments
4.3.3 Procedure
Chapter Four RESULTS
4.1 Results
4.1.1 Results of the essay task
4.1.2 Results of the sentence combination task
4.1.3 Results of the Grammaticality Judgement Test
4.2 DISCUSSION
4.2.1 The extent to which the order of Chinese learners’ RC acquisition conforms to the NPAH
4.2.2The effect of implicit instruction on RC acquisition and production
4.2.3 Implicationstowards the teaching and learning of English RCs
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research
参考文献
APENDICIES
APPENDIX ⅠSentence combination task for thepretest
APPENDIX Ⅱ Sentence combination task for the immediate posttest
APPENDIX Ⅲ Sentence combination task for the delayed posttest
APPENDIX ⅣGrammaticality Judgement task for the pretest
APPENDIX ⅤGrammaticality Judgement Task for the immediate posttest
APPENDIX Ⅵ GrammaticalityJudgement task for the delayed posttest
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