| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-28页 |
| 1.1 Background and Significance of the Research | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Content of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| 1.3.1 The Definition of Language Transfer | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3.2 Positive Transfer and Negative Transfer | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3.3 Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Error Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| 1.3.4 Review of Previous Relevant Studies both at Home and Abroad | 第19-22页 |
| 1.3.5 Theoretical Framework | 第22-23页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第23-26页 |
| 1.4.1 Subjects in the Research | 第23页 |
| 1.4.2 Data Collection | 第23-26页 |
| 1.4.3 Data Analysis | 第26页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 2 Characteristics of English and Kunming Dialect | 第28-40页 |
| 2.1 Characteristics of English | 第28-33页 |
| 2.1.1 English Vowels | 第28-31页 |
| 2.1.2 English Consonants | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 Characteristics of Kunming Dialect | 第33-40页 |
| 2.2.1 Background of Kunming Dialect | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Characteristics of Phonemes of Kunming Dialect | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Errors and Negative Transfer in Vowels Pronunciation | 第40-48页 |
| 3.1 Information Gotten from Questionnaires | 第40-42页 |
| 3.2 Substituting by Using the Similar English Sounds or Kunming Dialect's Finals | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2.1 Mispronouncing/ae/ as /e/ | 第43-44页 |
| 3.2.2 Mispronouncing/a:/ as Kunming Dialect's Final a[a] | 第44页 |
| 3.3 Absence of the Sounds in Kunming Dialect | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3.1 Mispronouncing/ai/ as /e/ or /ae/ | 第44页 |
| 3.3.2 Mispronouncing/oi/ | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3.3 Mispronouncing/au/ | 第45页 |
| 3.4 Pronunciation Habits | 第45-48页 |
| 3.4.1 Obscuring Long Vowels and Short Vowels | 第45-46页 |
| 3.4.2 Shape of Mouth | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Errors and Negative Transfer in Consonants Pronunciation | 第48-56页 |
| 4.1 Information Gotten from Questionnaires | 第48-49页 |
| 4.2 Substituting the Absent Sounds by Using Similar English Sounds | 第49-51页 |
| 4.2.1 Mispronouncing/η/ as /n/ | 第50页 |
| 4.2.2 Mispronouncing/θ/ as /s/ | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2.3 Mispronouncing/(?)/ as /z/ | 第51页 |
| 4.3 Substituting the Absent Sounds by Using Kunming Dialect's Initials | 第51-54页 |
| 4.3.1 Mispronouncing/∫/ as Kunming Dialect's Initial x [(?)] | 第51-52页 |
| 4.3.2 Mispronouncing/з/ as Kunming Dialect's Initial r [(?)] | 第52页 |
| 4.3.3 Mispronouncing/t∫/ as Kunming Dialect's Initial q [t(?)~h] | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3.4 Mispronouncing/dз/ as Kunming Dialect's Initial j [t(?)] | 第53页 |
| 4.3.5 Mispronouncing/v/ as Kunming Dialect's Initial w | 第53-54页 |
| 4.4 Pronunciation Habits | 第54-56页 |
| 4.4.1 Adding or Inserting Vowel Sound | 第54-55页 |
| 4.4.2 Confusing of /l/ and /n/ | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Suggestive Solutions to Negative Transfer of Kunming Dialect on RP Acquisition | 第56-60页 |
| 5.1 To Describe the Negative Transfer of Kunming Dialect to RP Pronunciation | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2 To Enhance the Students' Awareness of the Negative Transfer | 第57页 |
| 5.3 To Systematically Correct the Students' Errors in English Pronunciation | 第57-60页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| 6.1 The Overall Analysis and Major Findings | 第60-61页 |
| 6.2 Limitation of This Study | 第61-62页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for Future Study | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-68页 |
| Appendix One | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix Two | 第70-72页 |
| 攻读硕士期间科研成果 | 第72页 |
