文摘
英文文摘
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Significance of the Study
1.2 The Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Brief Review of Related SLA Theory
2.1.1 IL and language transfer
2.1.2 Contrastive Analysis vs.Error Analysis
2.2 An Introduction to Existential Constructions in English and Chinese
2.2.1 Definition of there-E constructions in English
2.2.2 Structure patterns of there-E constructions
2.2.3 Verbs used in there-E constructions
2.2.4 Discourse functions of there-E constructions
2.2.5 Existential constructions in Chinese
2.2.6 Chinese you sentence vs.English have sentence
2.3 Previous Studies on English There-E Constructions
2.3.1 Studies on English there-E constructions abroad
2.3.2 Studies on English there-E constructions in China
Chapter Three RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Design
3.2.1 Subjects
3.2.2 Procedures
3.2.3 Instruments
Chapter Four RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Comparisons of There-E Constructions Used by Two Learner Groups and LOCNESS
4.1.1 The frequencies
4.1.2 The accuracy rate
4.1.3 Structure complexity
4.1.4 Various verb forms used in there-E constructions
4.1.5 Distributions and functions of there-E constructions in the writings
4.2 Errors Occurred in Chinese EFL Learners'Writings
4.2.1 Error rate
4.2.2 Error types
4.2.3 Error analysis
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications for Teaching
5.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Study
REFERENCES
APPENDIX Ⅰ WRITING TASK
APPENDIX Ⅱ EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS'WRITINGS
APPENDIX Ⅲ AN EXAMPLE OF INTERVIEWS