| Acknowledgements | 第1-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One A General Survey | 第12-26页 |
| ·A general survey on contrastive linguistics | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of contrastive linguistics | 第12页 |
| ·The survey of contrastive linguistics abroad | 第12-14页 |
| ·Two sources of contrastive linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| ·The survey of contrastive linguistics in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·A general survey on phonetics and contrastive phonetics study abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·The survey of phonetics | 第16-19页 |
| ·A survey of contrastive phonetics study | 第19-20页 |
| ·The present contrastive phonetics studies at home | 第20-25页 |
| ·The relevant contrastive phonetics | 第20-22页 |
| ·The studies of speech sounds in ethnic languages | 第22-23页 |
| ·The studies of speech sounds in Dai language | 第23-25页 |
| ·The purpose of the paper | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two An Outline of the contrast | 第26-30页 |
| ·The necessity and the feasibility of the contrast | 第26页 |
| ·Contrastive properties of the speech sounds | 第26-29页 |
| ·Physical properties | 第26-27页 |
| ·Physiological properties | 第27-28页 |
| ·Social properties | 第28页 |
| ·General organization of the thesis | 第28-29页 |
| ·The contrasted contents and study methods | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Contrasting Vowels between Dai Language and English | 第30-49页 |
| ·A contrastive study of the vowels | 第30-33页 |
| ·Dai Monophthongs | 第31-32页 |
| ·English Monophthongs | 第32-33页 |
| ·A contrast of monophthongs between Dai language and English | 第33-40页 |
| ·Describing the monophthongs in the two languages | 第33-37页 |
| ·An analysis of the monophthongs properties | 第37-40页 |
| ·A Contrast of diphthongs between the two languages | 第40-46页 |
| ·Describing the diphthongs in the two languages | 第40-44页 |
| ·An analysis of the diphthongs characteristics | 第44-46页 |
| ·Dai vowels which have terminal consonants | 第46-48页 |
| ·The characteristics of vowels in the two languages | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Four Contrasting Consonants between Dai Language and English | 第49-66页 |
| ·A contrastive study of the consonants | 第49-50页 |
| ·Describing the consonants in the two languages | 第50-61页 |
| ·Dai and English consonant systems compared | 第61-66页 |
| ·Voiceless and voiced,unaspirated and aspirated consonants compared | 第61-62页 |
| ·ω[j],o[v]in Dai and[w],[j]in English | 第62页 |
| ·Plosives between the two consonant systems | 第62-63页 |
| ·Fricatives between the two consonant systems | 第63-64页 |
| ·Affricates between the two consonant systems | 第64页 |
| ·Nasals between the two consonant systems | 第64-65页 |
| ·Laterals between the two speech sound systems | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Five Suprasegmmental features compared | 第66-78页 |
| ·Syllables | 第66-69页 |
| ·Dai syllables | 第66页 |
| ·English syllables | 第66-67页 |
| ·An analysis of native transfers in the two languages | 第67-69页 |
| ·Stress | 第69-70页 |
| ·Dai stress and English stress | 第69-70页 |
| ·The differences between the two languages'stress patterns | 第70页 |
| ·Dai tone and English intonation | 第70-78页 |
| ·Tone types and tone values in Dai | 第70-73页 |
| ·English intonation | 第73-74页 |
| ·Dai tone and English intonation compared | 第74-78页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第78-83页 |
| ·Speech sounds | 第78-80页 |
| ·Some suggestions for the teaching of English pronunciation | 第80-82页 |
| ·The limitations of the essay | 第82-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-86页 |
| Appendix | 第86页 |
