| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Abbreviations | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-17页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第17页 |
| 1.3 Research Questions | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Theoretical Background | 第19-26页 |
| 2.1.1 The Parallel Encoding and Target Approximation (PENTA) Model | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.2 Chinese Tone and Intonation | 第22-26页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies | 第26-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Acoustic Studies of Chinese Intonation | 第26-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Young Children's Intonation Development | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2.3 Phonetic Realization of Focus | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第33-37页 |
| 3.1 Subjects | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Materials | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3 Data Measurement and Normalization | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Statistical Analysis and Reliability | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Results | 第37-61页 |
| 4.1 Comparison of Broad Focus (BF) and Narrow Focus (NF) | 第37-53页 |
| 4.1.1 Intonation Patterns of BF and NF in Group 1 | 第38-46页 |
| 4.1.2 Intonation Patterns of BF and NF in Group 2 | 第46-53页 |
| 4.2 Comparison of Narrow Focus between the Two Age Groups | 第53-57页 |
| 4.2.1 Comparison of Pitch Range between the Two Groups | 第54-55页 |
| 4.2.2 Comparison of Pitch Level between the Two Groups | 第55-56页 |
| 4.2.3 Comparison of Tone Contour between the Two Groups | 第56-57页 |
| 4.3 Focus Intonation Development in School-year Children | 第57-59页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion | 第61-69页 |
| 5.1 Different Acoustic Realization of BF and NF in Children's Intonation | 第61-64页 |
| 5.2 Differences in NF between the Two Groups | 第64-66页 |
| 5.3 Influence of Age on the Production of Focus Intonation | 第66-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| References | 第72-77页 |
| Appendix A The Information of Participants in the Two Age Groups | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix B The Experiment Materials | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix C The Pictures Used for the Elicitation of Children's Utterances | 第82-84页 |
| Appendix D 详细中文摘要 | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88页 |
