文摘
英文文摘
论文说明:List of Tables、List of Figures、Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 General Research Background
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical Background
2.1.1 Generalized Theta Attachment(GTA)
2.1.2 Distance-Based Theory of Linguistic Complexity(DBT)
2.2 Previous Studies
2.2.1 Subject/Object Asymmetry in L1 Acquisition of Wh-Questions
2.2.2 Subject/Object Asymmetry in L2 Acquisition of Wh-Questions
2.3 Limitations of Previous Researches
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Participants
3.2 Materials and Design
3.3 Procedure
3.3.1 Pilot Study
3.3.2 Experiment 1
3.3.3 Experiment 2
3.4 Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter 4 Results
4.1 Grammaticality Judgment Task
4.1.1 Subject/Object Asymmetry among Groups
4.1.2 The Preference Patterns within Individuals
4.1.3 Subject/Object Asymmetry in terms of Embedded Clauses' Finiteness
4.2 Elicited Comprehension Task
4.2.1 Subject/Object Asymmetry among Groups
4.2.2 The Preference Pattern within Individuals
4.2.3 Subject/Object Asymmetry in terms of Embedded Clauses' Finiteness
4.2.4 Subject/Object Asymmetry in terms of Response Distribution
4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 Discussion
5.1 Subject/Object Asymmetry in Processing Long-Distance Wh-Questions
5.2 The Preference Pattern
5.3 A Comparison of the Two Tasks
5.4 Summary
Conclusion
References
Appendix A Grammaticality Judgment
Appendix B Elicited Comprehension
Appendix C 详细中文摘要
Acknowledgments