| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-22页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第22-28页 |
| 1.1 Motivation of the Study | 第22-24页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Study | 第24-26页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第28-56页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Key Terms | 第28-33页 |
| 2.1.1 Prosody | 第28-29页 |
| 2.1.2 Prosodic Features: length, loudness and pitch | 第29-31页 |
| 2.1.3 Old and New Information | 第31-32页 |
| 2.1.4 Types of Old and New Information | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2 Theoretical Framework and Relevant Studies | 第33-46页 |
| 2.2.1 Three Ts Theory | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.2. Contrastive Analysis | 第34-35页 |
| 2.2.3 Prosody of English | 第35-37页 |
| 2.2.4 Prosody of Chinese | 第37-39页 |
| 2.2.5 Prosody of L2 English | 第39-40页 |
| 2.2.6 Acoustic Correlates of Prosodic Features | 第40-41页 |
| 2.2.7 Different Ways to Old and New Information | 第41-42页 |
| 2.2.8 Old and New Information in English | 第42-44页 |
| 2.2.9 Old and New Information in Chinese | 第44-46页 |
| 2.3 Relevant Empirical Studies | 第46-53页 |
| 2.3.1. Prosody of English | 第46-47页 |
| 2.3.2 Prosodic Features of Old and New Information in English | 第47-49页 |
| 2.3.3 Prosody of Chinese | 第49-50页 |
| 2.3.4 Prosodic features of Old and New Information in Chinese | 第50-51页 |
| 2.3.5 Prosody of L2 English | 第51-53页 |
| 2.4 Summary of Previous Studies and Focus of the Present Study | 第53-56页 |
| 2.4.1 Summary of Previous Studies | 第53-54页 |
| 2.4.2 Focus of the Present Study | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Three METHODOLOGY | 第56-66页 |
| 3.1 Research questions | 第56页 |
| 3.2 Subjects | 第56-57页 |
| 3.3 Stimuli | 第57-61页 |
| 3.4 Data Collection | 第61-62页 |
| 3.5 Data Analysis | 第62-66页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第66-110页 |
| 4.1 Prosodic Features of Old and New Information in English | 第66-80页 |
| 4.1.1 Tonicity: information status and nuclear placements (English) | 第66-70页 |
| 4.1.2 Duration | 第70-73页 |
| 4.1.3 Intensity | 第73-76页 |
| 4.1.4 Fundamental frequency (F0) | 第76-80页 |
| 4.2 Prosodic Features of Old and New information in Chinese | 第80-91页 |
| 4.2.1 Tonicity: information status and nuclear placements (Chinese) | 第80-82页 |
| 4.2.2 Duration | 第82-86页 |
| 4.2.3 Intensity | 第86-88页 |
| 4.2.4 Fundamental Frequency (F0) | 第88-91页 |
| 4.3 Similarities and Differences of Prosodic Features of Old and New Informationbetween English and Chinese | 第91-97页 |
| 4.3.1 Tonicity | 第91-92页 |
| 4.3.2 Duration | 第92-94页 |
| 4.3.3 Intensity | 第94-95页 |
| 4.3.4 Fundamental Frequency | 第95-97页 |
| 4.4 Acquisition of Prosodic Features of Old and New Information of ChineseEFL Learners | 第97-110页 |
| 4.4.1 Tonicity: information status and nucleus placements (EFL) | 第97-100页 |
| 4.4.2 Duration | 第100-102页 |
| 4.4.3 Intensity | 第102-105页 |
| 4.4.4 Fundamental Frequency | 第105-110页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第110-120页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第110-116页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第116-117页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第117-120页 |
| REFERENCES | 第120-126页 |
| PUBLISHED PAPERS | 第126页 |
