Acknowledgments
摘要
Abstract
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Objectives and Significance
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Semantic Perspective
2.2 The Morphological Perspective
2.3 The Phonological Perspective
2.4 The Syntactic Perspective
2.5 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Minimalist Program
3.2 Functional Categories
3.3 Features and the Features of English Articles
3.4 Feature Reassembly Hypothesis
3.5 Summary
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Participants
4.3 Instruments
4.3.1 OQPT
4.3.2 FCET
4.4 Data Collection and Analysis Procedure
4.5 Summary
Chapter Five Results
5.1 Data Analysis on Overall Use of Articles
5.1.1 Article Use by Participants as a Whole
5.1.2 Article Use by Participants of Different Proficiency Levels
5.2 Article Use in Different Contexts
5.2.1 Definite Contexts
5.2.2 Indefinite Contexts
5.3 Summary
Chapter Six Discussions
6.1 Effect of the Complexity of Feature Reassembly on Article Acquisition
6.1.1 Effect of the Number of the Reassembled Features
6.1.2 Effect of the Markedness of the Reassembled Features
6.1.3 Transfer Effect from Mother Tongue’s Features
6.2 Sensitivity of Participants to the Definiteness Feature
6.3 The Developmental Patterns of Chinese EFL Learners’Knowledge of English Articles
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings
7.2 Implications
7.2.1 The Theoretical Implications
7.2.2 The Pedagogical Implications
7.3 Limitations and Suggestions
Bibliography
Appendix
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