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1． 2． 3．? 贵 州 师 范 大 学 硕士研究生学位（毕业）论文开题报告 ? ? ? ? ? 论 文 题 目 Acquisition of Non-restrictive Relative Clause by Chinese English Learners 研 究 生 姓 名 学 号 200806214 马书红 博士 学院（教学部） 外语学院 专 业 研 究 方 向 二语习得 ? 贵州师范大学研究生处培养管理科制表 ? ? 一、研究意义 1.1 Research Orientation The relative clause (RC) is an important construction in English and functions as attributive in a sentence. English RC includes restrictive relative clause (RRC) and non-restrictive relative clause (NRC). RRC is used to modify the noun, and can not be omitted, or the whole meaning of the sentence will not be complete. The conjunctions which, that, who, whom, whose, why, where, when, are used to introduce English RRCs. For example, （1）I picked up two towels that were lying on the floor. （2）John gave a check to the farmer whose cows Bill stole. The RRC in example (1) is introduced by that and is used to modify “towels” , and the RRC in example (2) is introduced by whose, and is used to modify “farmer”. NRC merely offers the additional information to the noun it modifies, or to the whole sentence. NRC is often set off by commas, and the clause can not(已经说过很多次学术论文中不能用省写形式！！！) be introduced by “that” or “a zero relative pronoun”. Moreover, NRCs are introduced by which, as, who, whom, whose, where, when. Sometimes the guide word which refers to the contents of the main clause. For example,（3）He did not remember his father, who died when he was three years old.（4）It was raining hard , which kept us indoors. In example (3) the NRC is introduced by who to modify “farmer”, but this NRC just add the additional information to the main clause, hence it can be omitted. “Which” in the NRC in example (4) refers to the meaning of “It was raining hard” and the NRC is also can be omitted as in example (3). Due to” its univ