| Abstract | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abbreviations | 第5-6页 |
| Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Hong Kong | 第8-9页 |
| ·The basic situation of Hong Kong | 第8页 |
| ·Language in Hong Kong | 第8-9页 |
| ·Motivation of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research questions | 第10页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11页 |
| ·Problems and tentative solutions | 第11-12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2. Literature review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Adaptation of loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese transliteration from English | 第13-14页 |
| ·Traditional studies on loanwords | 第14-18页 |
| ·Classical studies focus on loanwords | 第15页 |
| ·Domestic studies focus on loanwords | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 3. Theoretical framework | 第18-25页 |
| ·Basic concept of OT | 第18-22页 |
| ·Constraints | 第19-21页 |
| ·Optimality | 第21-22页 |
| ·The architecture of an OT grammar | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 4. Syllable structure | 第25-44页 |
| ·Onsets and codas | 第26-28页 |
| ·Complex onsets and codas | 第28-30页 |
| ·Epenthesis and the conflict of well formedness and faithfulness | 第30-31页 |
| ·A brief history of epenthesis | 第31-33页 |
| ·Introducing two correspondence constraints | 第33-39页 |
| ·The ‘anti epenthesis’ constraint DEP IO | 第33-34页 |
| ·The ‘anti deletion’ constraint MAX IO | 第34-36页 |
| ·Economy, or against excessive epenthesis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Predictions about epenthesis | 第37-39页 |
| ·Syllable structure in Hong Kong Cantonese and British English | 第39-42页 |
| ·Syllable of Hong Kong Cantonese | 第39-41页 |
| ·Syllable of British English | 第41-42页 |
| ·Constraints on the Well formedness of Syllable in Hong Kong Cantonese | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 5. OT analysis | 第44-56页 |
| ·Epenthesis | 第44-49页 |
| ·Coda epenthesis | 第44-46页 |
| ·Onset epenthesis | 第46-48页 |
| ·Epenthesis in the position of medial | 第48-49页 |
| ·Deletion | 第49-53页 |
| ·Deletion of the final stop | 第49-52页 |
| ·Deletion of the liquids | 第52-53页 |
| ·Epenthesis and deletion again | 第53-54页 |
| ·Feature change | 第54-56页 |
| ·Voicing and aspiration | 第54-55页 |
| ·Voiced fricatives devoice | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 6. Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
