声明
Acknowledgments
Contents
Abstract
摘要
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background of the Study
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Basis
2.1.1 The Constructionist Theory
2.1.2 The Minimalist Hypothesis
2.1.3 Memory-based Text Processing View
2.1.4 Comparison of the Three Theories
2.2 Previous Researches on Sensitivity to Discourse-level Anomalies Reading
2.2.1 Researches on Discourse-level Anomalies Reading
2.2.2 Researches on Sensitivity to Discourse-level Anomalies Reading
2.3 The Possible Factors on Discourse-level Anomalies Reading
2.3.1 Language Proficiency
2.3.2 Topic Familiarity
Chapter Three Research Questions,Hypotheses,and Methods
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Hypotheses
3.3 Methods
3.3.1 Subjects
3.3.2 Materials
3.3.3 Procedure
3.4 Pilot Study
3.5 Data Collection and Analysis Methods
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Results
4.1.1 Comparing All the variables Using the Repeated Measures ANOVAs
4.1.2 Comparing the Three Reading Time of Each Session
4.1.3 Comparing the Reading Time of the Three Sessions in Each Region
4.1.4 The Correlation Between the Reading Time and the Topic Familiarity
4.2 Discussion
4.2.1 The Sensitivity of Discourse-level Anomalies’ Reading
4.2.2 The Influence of Language Proficiency
4.2.3 The Influence of Topic Familiarity
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Main Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations
References
Appendix A Practice Passages and Related Questions
Appendix B Experimental Passages and Related Questions
Appendix C The 5-point Topic Familiarity Scale