| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of This Study | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Structure and Organization of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Contrastive Analysis and Suprasegmental Phonology | 第17-24页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Definition and Classification of Contrastive Analysis | 第17-18页 |
| ·A Historical Review of Contrastive Analysis | 第18-20页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis: Research Objectives | 第20页 |
| ·Suprasegmental Phonology | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Contrastive Analysis of Suprasegmental Phonology | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 3 A Contrastive Analysis of Stress in English and Chinese | 第24-40页 |
| ·An Introduction to Stress | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Stress | 第24-25页 |
| ·Different Manifestations of English Stress and Chinese Stress | 第25-27页 |
| ·Word Stress | 第27-36页 |
| ·Word Stress in English | 第27-29页 |
| ·Word Stress in Chinese | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Essential Differences between Word Stress Patterns of English and Chinese | 第31-32页 |
| ·Functions of Word Stress in English and Chinese | 第32-36页 |
| ·Similar Functions of Word Stress in English and Chinese | 第32-34页 |
| ·Different Functions of Word Stress in English and Chinese | 第34-36页 |
| ·Sentence Stress | 第36-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 A Contrastive Analysis of Pause | 第40-46页 |
| ·The Definition of Pause | 第40页 |
| ·Sense-Group and Pause | 第40-41页 |
| ·Grammatical Pause in English and Chinese | 第41-42页 |
| ·Functions of Pause in English and Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 5 A Contrastive Analysis of Sound Change in English and Chinese | 第46-53页 |
| ·The Nature of Sound Change | 第46页 |
| ·Synchronism and Diachronism of Sound Change | 第46页 |
| ·Types of Sound Change | 第46-52页 |
| ·Associated Sound Change | 第46-50页 |
| ·Coordinated Sound Change | 第47页 |
| ·Assimilation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Assimilation Caused by Place of Articulation | 第48页 |
| ·Assimilation Caused by Manner of Articulation | 第48-49页 |
| ·Assimilation Caused by Voiceless and Voiced of Articulation | 第49页 |
| ·Dissimilation | 第49页 |
| ·Epenthesis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Follow-Positioned Sound Change | 第50-52页 |
| ·Weakening | 第51-52页 |
| ·Deletion | 第52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter 6 A Contrastive Analysis of Rhythm in English and Chinese | 第53-61页 |
| ·The Definition of Rhythm | 第53页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Rhythm of English and the Rhythm of Chinese | 第53-55页 |
| ·English: Stress-timed Rhythm | 第53-54页 |
| ·Chinese: Syllable-timed Rhythm | 第54-55页 |
| ·Functions of Rhythm | 第55-60页 |
| ·Similar Functions of Rhythm in English and Chinese | 第55-58页 |
| ·Different Functions of Rhythm in English and Chinese | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 7 Tone and Intonation in English and Chinese | 第61-83页 |
| ·An Introduction to Intonation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Chinese: Tone Language | 第62-69页 |
| ·Four Basic Tones and the Neutral Tone | 第62-64页 |
| ·Tone Sandhi | 第64-66页 |
| ·Functions of Chinese Tones | 第66-69页 |
| ·English: Intonation Language | 第69-74页 |
| ·Tones and Their Implications | 第69-71页 |
| ·The Tone Group | 第71-72页 |
| ·Structure of a Tone Group | 第72-74页 |
| ·A Comparison of Tone Patterns between English and Chinese | 第74-79页 |
| ·Functions of Intonation in English and Chinese | 第79-82页 |
| ·Functions of Chinese Intonation | 第79-80页 |
| ·Functions of English Intonation | 第80-82页 |
| ·Summary | 第82-83页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusions | 第83-88页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Superasegmental Features of Chinese and English | 第83页 |
| ·The Differences between the Superasegmental Features of Chinese and English | 第83-85页 |
| ·Implications of the Main Findings of This Thesis | 第85-86页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93页 |
| 攻读学位期间论文发表的目录 | 第93页 |
