| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-18页 |
| 1.1 Motivation of the study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the study | 第16页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| 2.1 Definition of key terms | 第18-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Plosives | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Articulatory phases of plosives | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Acoustic features of English plosives | 第20-22页 |
| 2.2 Contrast between Chinese plosives and English plosives | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3 Relevant theoretical studies | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.1 Contrastive Analysis hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.2 Language transfer | 第24页 |
| 2.4 Relevant empirical studies | 第24-29页 |
| 2.5 Focus of the present study | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第30-37页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第30页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3 Instrument | 第31-33页 |
| 3.4 Data collection | 第33页 |
| 3.5 Data analysis | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第37-62页 |
| 4.1 Overall production of English plosives by MPSSs | 第37-40页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall production of English plosives in citation form | 第37-38页 |
| 4.1.2 Overall production of English plosives in connected speech | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.3 Comparison of production of English plosives in citation form and connectedspeech | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 Best and worst English plosives and typical erroneous production produced by MPSSs | 第40-53页 |
| 4.2.1 Best and worst English plosives produced in citation form | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2.2 Best and worst English plosives produced in connected speech | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.3 Typical erroneous production of English plosives in citation form | 第43-50页 |
| 4.2.4 Typical erroneous production of English plosives in connected speech | 第50-53页 |
| 4.3 Acoustic features of English plosives produced by MPSSs | 第53-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Acoustic features of English plosives in word-initial position | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.2 Acoustic features of English plosives in word-medial position | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.3 Acoustic features of English plosives in word-final position | 第57-58页 |
| 4.4 Influence of learner factors on the production of English plosives | 第58-62页 |
| 4.4.1 Influence of gender on the production of English plosives | 第59-60页 |
| 4.4.2 Influence of language proficiency on the production of English plosives | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第62-65页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第65-66页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and suggestions | 第66-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-72页 |
