| 中文摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-29页 |
| ·Prosodic Features of English | 第16-22页 |
| ·Stress | 第16-18页 |
| ·Rhythm | 第18-20页 |
| ·Intonation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Prosodic Features in Different Texts | 第22-29页 |
| ·Prosodic Features in News | 第25-26页 |
| ·Prosodic Features in Lectures | 第26-27页 |
| ·Prosodic Features in Conversations | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretic Framework | 第29-38页 |
| ·The Theory of Three Ts | 第29-38页 |
| ·Tonicity: The Placement of the Tonic Syllable | 第29-32页 |
| ·On or Near the Last Word | 第30页 |
| ·Content Words and Function Words | 第30-31页 |
| ·Compounds | 第31页 |
| ·Information Status | 第31页 |
| ·Broad and Narrow Focus | 第31页 |
| ·Contrastive Focus | 第31-32页 |
| ·Nucleus on Function Words | 第32页 |
| ·Tonality: Chunking, or Division into IPs | 第32-37页 |
| ·Signaling the Structures | 第32-33页 |
| ·Choosing the Size of Chunks | 第33-34页 |
| ·Vocatives and Imprecations | 第34-35页 |
| ·Adverbials | 第35页 |
| ·Heavy Noun Phrases | 第35-36页 |
| ·Topics | 第36页 |
| ·Defining and Non-Defining | 第36页 |
| ·Parallel Structure | 第36-37页 |
| ·Tag Questions | 第37页 |
| ·Tone: Rising or Falling of the Pitch | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four Research Questions and Methodology | 第38-43页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Research Samples | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第39页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第39-42页 |
| ·Research Method | 第39-40页 |
| ·Labeling Standard | 第40-42页 |
| ·Division into Intonation Groups | 第40-41页 |
| ·Pause | 第40-41页 |
| ·Anacrusis | 第41页 |
| ·Syllable Lengthening | 第41页 |
| ·Pitch Reset of Unstressed Syllable | 第41页 |
| ·Judgment of Stressed Syllables | 第41-42页 |
| ·Determination of Tone | 第42页 |
| ·Research Instrument | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Five Research Findings and Discussion | 第43-70页 |
| ·Data Analysis and Discussion | 第43-70页 |
| ·Characteristics of Tonicity in English News, Lecture and Conversation | 第43-56页 |
| ·Features of Tonicity in Different Texts | 第43-45页 |
| ·Features of Pitch Contour in Different Texts | 第45-49页 |
| ·Features of Nuclear Intensity in Different Texts | 第49-52页 |
| ·Features of Pitch Contour in Conversations with Different SyntacticalStructures | 第52-56页 |
| ·Tonality of English News, Lectures and Conversations | 第56-66页 |
| ·Boundary Indicators of Tonality in Different Texts | 第56-63页 |
| ·Pause Duration in Different Texts | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Size of Intonation Phrase | 第64-66页 |
| ·Tone Patterns in English News, Lectures and Conversations | 第66-70页 |
| ·Characteristics of Tone Patterns in Different Texts | 第66-68页 |
| ·Characteristics of Tone Patterns in Different Syntactical Structures (Statements and Interrogatives) of Conversations | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion and Implications for Further Study | 第70-77页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Implications in Language Teaching and Communication | 第73-76页 |
| ·Implications in Language Teaching | 第73-75页 |
| ·Implications in Communication | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第76-77页 |
| Bibliography | 第77-83页 |
| Appendix | 第83-87页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第87页 |
