声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Rationale of the Study
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Significance
1.4 Organization
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Working Memory
2.2 Inhibitory Mechanism
2.2.1 Deftnition of Inhibition
2.2.2 Classification of Inhibition
2.2.3 Previous Studies of Inhibition in Language Comprehension
2.3 Syntactic Ambiguity
2.3.1 Definition of Syntactic Ambiguity
2.3.2 Studies of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence Comprehension
2.3.3 Studies of the Relationship between Inhibition and Chinese L2 Learners’ Comprehension of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence
Chapter Three Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Experimental Design
3.2.1 Participants
3.2.2 Materials and Proccdures
3.2.3 Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Results of English Working Memory Span Test
4.2 Results of Syntactic Sentence Comprehension Test
4.2.1 Tests of Effects in the Same Working Memory Capacity Group
4.2.2 Tests of Effects between High and Low Working Memory Capacity
4.3 The Relationship between Inhibition and Working Memory Capacity in the Comprehension of L2 Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence
4.4 Discussion
4.4.1 The Influences of Working Memory Capacity on Chinese L2 Learners’ Comprehension of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence
4.4.2 The Influences of Inhibitory Mechanism on the Comprehension of Syntactic Ambiguity Sentence
4.4.3 The Relationship between Inhibitory Mechanism and Working Memory Capacity
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Pedagogical Implications
5.3 Limitations and Some Suggestions
References
Appendix