| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-14页 |
| List of Graphs | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Inspirations | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Significance of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-25页 |
| ·The View of Stress in Various Perspectives | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Syllable | 第20页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Chinese “Stress” | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Stress Deafness and Relative Experiments | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three Contrast of Stress and Tone | 第25-40页 |
| ·Analysis of English Stress | 第25-35页 |
| ·Stress-based Rhythm of English | 第26-27页 |
| ·Discrimination Function of Word Meaning | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Weakening or Disappearing of Vowels | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Etymology Function of English Stress | 第32-33页 |
| ·Discrimination of British and American English | 第33页 |
| ·Demarcation Function of Stress | 第33-35页 |
| ·Analysis of Chinese Tone | 第35-40页 |
| ·Tone-based Rhythm of Chinese | 第35-38页 |
| ·Discrimination Function of Tone | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Four Stress Deafness Hypothesis for English Learners of Chinese | 第40-52页 |
| ·Stress, Accent and Prominence | 第40-44页 |
| ·What is Stress Deafness? | 第44-47页 |
| ·Non Stressness of Chinese Language | 第47-50页 |
| ·Stress Deafness Hypothesis | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Five Questionnaire and Experiments | 第52-67页 |
| ·The Questionnaire | 第52-55页 |
| ·Design of the Questionnaire on Stress Awareness | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Subjects | 第53页 |
| ·The Results and Analysis | 第53-55页 |
| ·The Stress Perception and Production Experiments | 第55-67页 |
| ·The Subjects | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Test Items | 第56-57页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第57-67页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第67-73页 |
| ·Summary of Research | 第67-69页 |
| ·The Exploration of Stress Deafness | 第69-72页 |
| ·The Unresolved and Expectations of the Research | 第72-73页 |
| References | 第73-76页 |
| Appendices | 第76-78页 |
