| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Abbreviation | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-21页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第14页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第14-20页 |
| ·Relative Prominence | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Metrical Representation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Foot Structure and Parameters | 第17-19页 |
| ·Rhythmic Adjustment | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of the Previous Research | 第21-30页 |
| ·Previous Phonetic Approaches to the Metrical Stress | 第21-25页 |
| ·Previous Phonetic Approaches to Stress in Standard Chinese | 第21-23页 |
| ·Duration in Distinguishing the Stressed from the Unstressed | 第21-22页 |
| ·Pitch in Distinguishing the Stressed from the Unstressed | 第22页 |
| ·Intensity and Formants in Distinguishing the Stressed from the Unstressed | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Phonetic Approaches to Stress in CS | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Phonological Approaches on Metrical Stress | 第25-30页 |
| ·The Interface between Syntax and Phonology | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Nuclear Stress Rule | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Non-Head Stress Theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Foot Formation and Syntactic Structure in Chinese | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Acoustic Properties of the Stressed Syllables in CS—Ⅰ | 第30-44页 |
| ·Informants and Speech Materials | 第30-31页 |
| ·Informants | 第30-31页 |
| ·Speech Materials | 第31页 |
| ·Data Recording | 第31页 |
| ·Data Reduction | 第31-32页 |
| ·Experimental Results | 第32-43页 |
| ·Duration in Disyllabic Sequences | 第32-40页 |
| ·Duration in Tri-syllabic Sequences | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Acoustic Properties of the Stressed Syllables in CS—Ⅱ | 第44-67页 |
| ·Pitch | 第44-60页 |
| ·Pitch of the Six Citation Tones in CS | 第44-46页 |
| ·Pitch in Disyllabic Sequences | 第46-55页 |
| ·Pitch in Trisyllabic Sequences | 第55-60页 |
| ·Intensity and Energy | 第60-64页 |
| ·Formants | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Phonological Analysis of the Metrical Stress in CS | 第67-77页 |
| ·The Metrical Representation in CS | 第67-69页 |
| ·Morpho-syntactic Structures and Metrical Structures in Disyllabic and Trisyllabic Strings of CS | 第69-72页 |
| ·Rhythm Adjustment in CS | 第72-73页 |
| ·The Metrical Structure and Tone Change in CS | 第73-76页 |
| ·The Tone System in CS | 第73-74页 |
| ·Metrical Structure and Tone Change in CS | 第74-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-77页 |
| Conclusion | 第77-80页 |
| Reference | 第80-85页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix A 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix B Speech Materials | 第87-92页 |
| Appendix C Pitch Values of Disyllabic sequences | 第92-101页 |
| Appendix D 详细中文摘要 | 第101-103页 |
