Acknowledgments
摘要
ABSTRACT
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background and Motivations
1.2 Research Objectives and Research Questions
1.3 Research Significance
1.4 Organization of the Research
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 English Middle Construction
2.2 The Classification of EMC
2.2.1 The Typical EMC
2.2.2 The Untypical EMC
2.3 Conditions on EMC Formation
2.4 Similarities and Differences between CMC and EMC
2.4.1 Similarities between EMC and CMC
2.4.2 Differences between EMC and CMC
2.5 Previous Studies of EMC Acquisition
2.6 The Insufficieneies of Previous Studies
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Interface and Interface Hypothesis
3.1.1 Interface
3.1.2 Interface Hypothesis
3.2 The Semantic Restriction on Three Constituents in EMC
3.2.1 The Semantic Restriction on NP
3.2.2 The Semantic Restriction on VP
3.2.3 The Semantic Restriction on AP
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Research Hypothesis
4.2 Research Participants
4.3 Research Instruments
4.3.1 L2 Proficiency Level Test
4.3.2 Grammatical Judgment Task
4.3.3 Sentence Formation Task
4.4 Data Collection,Scoring and Analysis
4.4.1 Data Collection
4.4.2 Data Scoring
4.4.3 Data Analysis
Chapter Five Results and Discussions
5.1 Results
5.1.1 The EMC Acquisition in General
5.1.2 The Acquisition of each set at Different English Levels
5.1.3 The Typical and Untypical EMC Acquisition
5.1.4 The Acquisition of NP Constraint
5.1.5 The Acquisition of VP Constraint
5.1.6 The Acquisition of AP Constraint
5.2 Discussions
5.2.1 Discussion of Hypothesis 1
5.2.2 Discussion of Hypothesis 2
5.2.3 Discussion of Hypothesis 3
5.2.4 Discussion of Hypothesis 4
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Summary of the Major Findings
6.2 Implications of the Present Study
6.3 Limitations of the Present Study
6.4 Recommendations for Further Study
Bibliography
Appendix
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