声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of abbreviations
Chapter one:Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research objectives
1.3 Research layout
Chapter Two:Literature review
2.1 Theoretical background
2.1.1 The introduction of Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH)
2.1.2 Basic principles of Wh-movement
2.2 Previous experimental studies
2.2.1 Previous studies in the L1 research
2.2.2 Previous studies in the L2 research
2.3 Previous ERP studies about filler-gap dependency parsing
2.3.1 Several ERP components concerning sentences processing
2.3.2 Previous ERP studies concerning Filler-Gap dependency processing
2.4 Summary of previous studies
Chapter Three:Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Participants
3.3 Experimental design and materials
3.4 Experiment procedure
3.5 Data recording and analyses
3.5.1 Behavioral data
3.5.2 ERP data
Chapter Four:Results and Discussion
4.1 Behavioral data
4.1.1 Behavioral data from L2
4.1.2 Behavioral data from L1
4.1.3 Discussion
4.2 Electrophysiological results
4.2.1 ERP data from L2
4.2.2 ERP data from L1
4.3 Discussion
Chapter Five:General Discussion
5.1 L2’s inclination toward semantic information in processing
5.2 Different impacts of Garden Path Effect on L1 and L2
Chapter six:Conclusion
6.1 Major findings
6.2 Limitations and Implications
References
Appendix
Acknowledgments