| 摘要 | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| 2.1 The Related Items | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1.1 The Northeastern Dialect | 第17页 |
| 2.1.2 Intonation | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.3 Focus and IP Markers | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.4 Relations among Accent, Focus and Nucleus | 第21-22页 |
| 2.2 The Previous Studies of Intonation | 第22-28页 |
| 2.2.1 The Previous Studies of Native Speaker’s Intonation | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2.2 The Previous Studies of Non-native Speaker’s Intonation | 第23-28页 |
| 2.3 The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Previous Studies | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第29-39页 |
| 3.1 The Theory of“Three Ts” | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2 The Auto-segmental Metrical Theory | 第30-39页 |
| 3.2.1 The Original Model | 第31-33页 |
| 3.2.2 The Revised Model | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.3 ToBI and IViE Labeling System | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第39-45页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第39页 |
| 4.2 Research Design | 第39-42页 |
| 4.2.1 Subjects | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2.2 Speech Corpus | 第40-42页 |
| 4.3 Data Labeling and Processing | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of the Intonational Features | 第45-83页 |
| 5.1 The Features of Intonation Phrases | 第45-51页 |
| 5.1.1 The Distribution of Intonation Phrases | 第45-46页 |
| 5.1.2 The Acoustic Features of Intonation Phrases | 第46-51页 |
| 5.2 The Features of Prominence Distribution | 第51-64页 |
| 5.2.1 The Prominence Distribution of Different Focus Domain | 第52-58页 |
| 5.2.2 The Prominence Distribution of Different Focus Placement | 第58-61页 |
| 5.2.3 The Correlations of Prominence Distribution and Word Class | 第61-64页 |
| 5.3 The Features of Tonal Patterns | 第64-83页 |
| 5.3.1 The Tonal Patterns of Broad Focus | 第65-70页 |
| 5.3.2 The Tonal Patterns of Narrow Focus with Initial Focus | 第70-72页 |
| 5.3.3 The Tonal Patterns of Narrow Focus with Medial Focus | 第72-75页 |
| 5.3.4 The Tonal Patterns of Narrow Focus with Final Focus | 第75-77页 |
| 5.3.5 The Horizontal Comparison of Focus at Sentence Initial and Final | 第77-83页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| 6.1 Main Findings | 第83-84页 |
| 6.2 Pedagogical and Practical Implications | 第84-86页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Suggestions | 第86-87页 |
| References | 第87-93页 |
| 作者简介 | 第93-94页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第94页 |
