| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Objectives of the Research | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Originality of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-47页 |
| 2.1 Basic Concepts | 第17-40页 |
| 2.1.1 The Definition of Stress | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Stress-Timing in English | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Levels of Stress | 第20-22页 |
| 2.1.4 Rules of Stress Assignment | 第22-40页 |
| 2.1.4.1 Word Stress Rule | 第22-32页 |
| 2.1.4.2 Sentence Stress Rule | 第32-39页 |
| 2.1.4.3 Acoustic Representations of English Stress | 第39-40页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Acquisition of Second Language Stress Patterns | 第40-44页 |
| 2.2.1 Previous Studies on Acquisition of Second Language Stress Patterns Abroad | 第40-42页 |
| 2.2.2 Previous Studies on Acquisition of Second Language Stress Patterns in China | 第42-44页 |
| 2.3 Related Theories | 第44-46页 |
| 2.3.1 Contrastive Analysis and Second Language Acquisition of Phonology | 第44页 |
| 2.3.2 Error Analysis and Second Language Acquisition of Phonology | 第44-45页 |
| 2.3.3 Larry Selinker’s Inter-language Hypothesis | 第45-46页 |
| 2.4 Relative Prominence Principle | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第47-50页 |
| 3.1 Research Questions | 第47页 |
| 3.2 Research Design | 第47-50页 |
| 3.2.1 Subjects | 第47页 |
| 3.2.2 Instruments | 第47-48页 |
| 3.2.3 Procedures | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Findings | 第50-92页 |
| 4.1 Findings in Word Stress | 第50-73页 |
| 4.1.1 Stress Errors in Single Words with Two or More than Two Syllables | 第50-54页 |
| 4.1.2 Stress Errors in English Words with Affixes | 第54-65页 |
| 4.1.3 Stress Errors in Compounds and Two-Word Noun Phrases | 第65-73页 |
| 4.2 Findings in Sentence Stress | 第73-92页 |
| 4.2.1 Overall Distribution of Stress in Sentences | 第73-74页 |
| 4.2.2 Misplacement of Sentence Stress on Function Words | 第74-79页 |
| 4.2.3 Misplacement of Sentence Stress Affected by Pragmatic and Rhythmic Context | 第79-87页 |
| 4.2.4 Stress Deviations Based on the Analysis of Pitch, Intensity and Duration | 第87-92页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第92-99页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings and Reasons | 第92-95页 |
| 5.2 Pedagogical Implications | 第95-97页 |
| 5.3 Limitations of this Research | 第97-99页 |
| References | 第99-102页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第102-104页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第104-106页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第106-116页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第116页 |
