声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Background of the Research
1．2 Preliminary Objectives of the Research
1．3 The Significance of the Research
1．4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2．1 The Theoretical Background of Language Imitation
2．1．1 Definition of Imitation
2．1．2 Definition of Selective Imitation
2．2 Related Research on Word Imitation by Children Before Two Years Old
2．2．1 Evidence on Vocal Imitation
2．2．2 Evidence on Word Imitation
2．2．3 Summary
2．3 Study on Selective Imitation by Children Before Two Years Old
2．3．1 Evidence on Selective Word Imitation
2．3．2 Study on Selective Behavior Imitation
2．3．3 Summary
2．4 Theoretical Hypothesis and Prediction
2．4．1 Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory
2．4．2 Language Developmental Stage Theory
2．5 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3．1 Research Questions
3．2 Experiment
3．2．1 Subjects
3．2．2 Materials
3．2．3 Methods
3．2．4 Data Treatment
3．3 Summary
Chapter 4 Data Presentation and Results
4．1 Data Presentation and Results of the Experiment
4．1．1 Word Production to ‘‘What’’ Questions
4．1．2 Selective Word Imitation
4．1．3 Exact Word Imitation
4．2 The Correlation Among Selective Word Imitation，Exact Word Imitation and Word Production to ‘What’ Questions
4．3 The Correlation Between Word Production to “What” Questions and Selective Word Imitation
4．4 Summary
Chapter 5 Major Findings and Discussion
5．1 Major Findings
5．2 General Discussion of the Resuits
Conclusion
References
Appendix A 攻读学位期间所发表的论文
Appendix B Parents’ Reports
Appendix C Experimental Material
Appendix D 详细中文摘要
Acknowledgements
