| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-23页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Shangqiu Dialect | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Tonal Categories in Shangqiu Dialect and Those in Middle Chinese | 第15-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Shangqiu Tones | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Experimental Description of Tones in Shangqiu Dialect | 第23-52页 |
| ·Pre-experiment | 第23-26页 |
| ·Acoustic Experiment | 第26-52页 |
| ·Selection of Informants | 第26-28页 |
| ·Test Materials and Recordings | 第28-29页 |
| ·Processing of Data | 第29页 |
| ·Measurements | 第29-31页 |
| ·Fundamental Frequency (F0) | 第29-31页 |
| ·Duration | 第31页 |
| ·Calculation and Statistics | 第31-32页 |
| ·Results | 第32-52页 |
| ·Tones of Citations Syllables | 第32-41页 |
| ·Tones of Disyllabic Sequences | 第41-52页 |
| Chapter 3 Phonological Analysis of Disyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第52-72页 |
| ·Underlying Representation | 第52-55页 |
| ·Optimality Theory | 第55-58页 |
| ·OT Analysis of Disyllabic Tone Sandhi in Shangqiu Dialect | 第58-72页 |
| ·Constraints in Shangqiu Dialect | 第58-61页 |
| ·Ranking of Constraints | 第61-65页 |
| ·OT Evaluation of Tone Sandhi in Disyllabic Sequences | 第65-72页 |
| Chapter 4 Neutral Tone in Disyllabic Sequences in Shangqiu Dialect | 第72-76页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第76-78页 |
| References | 第78-85页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Speech Materials for Recording | 第85-92页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Speech Materials for Perception Test | 第92-93页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Waveforms,Spectrograms and F0 Contours #80 of the Test Materials | 第93-104页 |
