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英文文摘
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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Objectives
1.3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Conceptual Definitions of Key Terms
2.1.1 Definitions and Structures of Relative Clauses
2.1.2 Classification of Relative Clauses
2.2 Comparison of Relative Clauses Between English and Chinese
2.3 Review of Previous Studies
2.3.1 Studies of RC Acquisition Abroad
2.3.2 Studies of RC Acquisition at Home
2.3.3 Summary of Previous Studies
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 Corpus Description
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Data Analysis
3.3.1 Data Coding
3.3.2 Frequency Distributions of Subject and Object Relative Clauses
3.3.3 Comparison between English Majors of Different Proficiency Levels
3.3.4 Analysis of Errors Identified in Data
Chapter Four Results
4.1 Frequency Distributions of RCs
4.1.1 Frequency Distributions of Subject and Object RCs in General
4.1.2 Frequency Distributions of Subject and Object RCs between LG and HG
4.1.3 Frequency Distributions of the Four Types
4.2 Accuracy of RCs Produced by HG and LG
4.2.1 Error Ratios
4.2.2 Error Types
Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion
5.1 Frequency of RCs
5.1.1 General Avoidance Phenomenon in RC Processing
5.1.2 Subject-object Asymmetry Analysis
5.1.3 Acquisition Order of the Four Types of RCs
5.2 Correlation between the RC Acquisition and Language Proficiency
5.3 Error Analysis
5.3.1 Error Ratios
5.3.2 Error Categories and the Possible Causes
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Implications of the Present Study
6.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
