| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第10-17页 |
| ·Main Differences between Tianjin Dialect and Putonghua | 第10-14页 |
| ·Introductory Remarks to Tone Sandhi | 第11-12页 |
| ·Tonal system of Putonghua | 第12页 |
| ·Tonal System of Tianjin Dialect | 第12-14页 |
| ·Previous Works on Tianjin Dialect | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Methodology | 第17-25页 |
| ·Selection of Subjects | 第17-19页 |
| ·Place of Investigation | 第17-18页 |
| ·Sampling Methodology | 第18-19页 |
| ·Selection and Arrangement of the Experimental Materials | 第19-22页 |
| ·Speech Styles of the Interview | 第19-20页 |
| ·Word list | 第20-22页 |
| ·Careful speech | 第22页 |
| ·Interview Methodology | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Interviewer's Role | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Observer's Paradox | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter IV Problems from Preliminary Processing | 第25-30页 |
| ·Identification of the Variants | 第25-26页 |
| ·Preliminary Processing of the Data | 第26-27页 |
| ·Discovery of the Problems | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Analysis of the Instability of Sandhi Rules in Trisyllabic Sequences | 第30-44页 |
| ·Phonetic analysis of the Sandhi Instability in Trisyllabic Sequences | 第30-38页 |
| ·Influence of Stress | 第31-35页 |
| ·Influence of Word Boundary | 第35-36页 |
| ·Influence From Putonghua | 第36-38页 |
| ·Sociolinghuistic Analysis | 第38-42页 |
| ·Education and Effect of Stress Pattern | 第38-39页 |
| ·Special Performance of FF Rule | 第39-40页 |
| ·Education and Effect of Word Boundary | 第40-42页 |
| ·Influence of Stress: an On-going Change? | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Analysis of FF Rule | 第44-56页 |
| ·Vulnerability of FF Rule to Changes | 第44-46页 |
| ·Comparison of Tones and Sandhi Rules between Tianjin Dialect and Putonghua | 第44-46页 |
| ·Instability of FF Rule in Beijing Dialect | 第46页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Instability of FF Rule | 第46-54页 |
| ·Education | 第47-50页 |
| ·Occupation | 第50-52页 |
| ·Sex | 第52-53页 |
| ·Non-application of FF Rule, the Prestige Marker | 第53-54页 |
| ·Non-application of FF Rule: a Change in Progress? | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ Conclusion and Limitations of the Paper | 第56-58页 |
| ·Conclusion of the Paper | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Paper | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
