| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| List of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Sound Change | 第15-20页 |
| ·Phonology and Phonetic Transcription | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Famous Department Store Study | 第17页 |
| ·The Studies on the Sound Variation of –ing | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Studies on -t, d Deletion | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Phenomenon of nvguoyin | 第19-20页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Qingjian Dialect | 第20-25页 |
| ·Background of Qingjian Dialect | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous Researches about the Sound of Qingjian Dialect | 第21-25页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第26-34页 |
| ·Urban Dialectology | 第26-28页 |
| ·Urban Dialects | 第26-27页 |
| ·Representativeness and Data Obtaining Issues | 第27页 |
| ·Classifying Informants and Identifying Linguistic Variables | 第27-28页 |
| ·Variation Theory | 第28-34页 |
| ·Social Variables of Language | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Function of Vernacular Speech in Variation Study | 第31-32页 |
| ·Milroy’s Development in Variation Study | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第34-42页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第34页 |
| ·Selection of Variables and Identification of Variants | 第34-38页 |
| ·Selection of Informants | 第38-40页 |
| ·Fill in the Form | 第38-39页 |
| ·Choice of People of Different Gender | 第39页 |
| ·Choice of People of Different Age | 第39-40页 |
| ·Choice of People of Different Educational Background | 第40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40-42页 |
| ·Tape-recorded Wordlist Reading | 第40-41页 |
| ·Language Attitude Questionnaire Survey | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第42-55页 |
| ·Overall Pattern of Sound Variation | 第42-45页 |
| ·Stage Feature of the Variation of the Initials in Qingjian Dialect | 第45-49页 |
| ·Sound Change from Colloquial Pronunciation to Standard Mandarin | 第46-47页 |
| ·Sound Change from Colloquial Pronunciation to Literary Pronunciation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Directional Feature of the Variation of the Initials in Qingjian Dialect | 第49页 |
| ·Social Distribution of the Variation of the Initials in Qingjian Dialect | 第49-55页 |
| Chapter Five Social Causes for the Variation and Implications from the Research | 第55-58页 |
| ·Influences from Standard Chinese Mandarin and the Mass Media | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Social Motivation of the Variation of the Initials in Qingjian Dialect | 第56页 |
| ·Implications from the Research | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Development of the Initials in Qingjian Dialect in the Future | 第56-57页 |
| ·Dialect Preservation | 第57-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Work Cited | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix A: Questionnaire on the Attitude to Language Use | 第64-66页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第66-68页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第68页 |
