声明
Contents
Abstract
摘要
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Chapter one Introduction
1．1． Background of the Study
1．2． Purpose and Method of the Study
1．3． Significance of the Study
1．4． Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1．1． Multiple Levels of Mental Representations
2．1．2． Situation Model as a Level of Representation
2．1．3． Event indexing Model as a Refinement to Situation Model
2．1．4． Studies on the Multiple Dimensions of Event Indexing Model
2．2． Event Segmentation Theory
2．2．1．The Need for Applying Event Segmentation Task to Text Comprehension
2．2．2． Mechanisms of Event Segmentation
2．2．3． Factors that Influence Event Segmentation
2．2．4． Studies of the Event Segmentation of Narrative Texts
2．3． Research Gaps and Research Questions
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1． Pretest and Pilot Study
3．1．1．Pretest Participants
3．1．2．Pretest Materials
3．1．3．Pretest Data Collection
3．1．4．Pretest Results
3．1．5．Pilot Study
3．2． Event Segmentation Experiment
3．2．1． Experimental Participants
3．2．2． Experimental Materials
3．3．Data Collection Procedures
3．4． Data Analysis Procedures
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1．1．Descriptions and Comparisons of Segmentation Performance under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．1．2．Differences of Segmentation Performance at Six Situation Changes under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．1．3． Effects of Situation Changes on Segmentation Performance
4．1．4．Discussions of the Differences of Segmentation Performance at Situation Changes under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．2． The Relationships between Text Comprehension Performance and Segmentation Conditions
4．2．1．Descriptions of Comprehension Performance under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．2．2．Differences of Comprehension Performance under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．2．3．Discussions of the Differences of Comprehension Performance under Different Segmentation Conditions
4．3． The Relationships between Reading Times and Situation Changes
4．3．1．Descriptions of Reading Times Under Different Reading Conditions
4．3．2． Relationships between Reading Times and the Number of Situation Changes
4．3．3． Effects of the Number of Situation Changes on Reading Times
4．3．4．Discussions of the Relationships between Reading Times and Situation Changes
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1． Summary of the Findings
5．2． Implications of the Study
5．3． Limitations of the Current Study and Suggestions for Future Research
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements
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