| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-33页 |
| ·Definitions of Key Terms and Concepts | 第16-24页 |
| ·Syllable | 第16-17页 |
| ·Consonant and Consonant Cluster | 第17-24页 |
| ·Consonant | 第17-19页 |
| ·Consonant Cluster | 第19页 |
| ·Temporal Studies on Consonant Clusters and Initial Consonant ClustersOverseas | 第19-22页 |
| ·Temporal Studies on Consonant clusters and Initial Consonant Clustersat Home | 第22-24页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition and Markedness Differential Hypothesis | 第24-28页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition | 第24-26页 |
| ·Development of the Second Language Acquisition Study | 第24-25页 |
| ·Researches on English Phonetics in Second Language Acquisition | 第25-26页 |
| ·Markedness Differential Hypothesis | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Comparison of Consonant Systems between RP and Lu’An Dialect | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Similarity and Difference between the Consonants in RP and Lu’AnDialect | 第28-31页 |
| ·Types of Errors | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第33-37页 |
| ·Research Questions of the Study | 第33页 |
| ·Research Design | 第33-34页 |
| ·Procedure | 第34页 |
| ·Participants | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第35页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第37-66页 |
| ·The Quantitative Results of Unperceived Initial Consonant Clusters | 第37-44页 |
| ·The Number and Distribution of Unperceived Initial Consonant Clusters onthe Whole | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Inner Distribution of Each Unperceived Initial Consonant Clusters onSpecific Sentence | 第40-44页 |
| ·Initial Consonant Clusters of /pr/ and /br/ | 第40-41页 |
| ·Initial Consonant Clusters with /tr/ and /dr/ | 第41-42页 |
| ·Initial Consonant Clusters with /kr/ and /gr/ | 第42-43页 |
| ·Initial Consonant Cluster of /fr/ | 第43页 |
| ·Initial Consonant Clusters of /θr/ and /?r/ | 第43-44页 |
| ·Qualitative Results of Problematic Initial Consonant Clusters | 第44-47页 |
| ·Spectral Analysis | 第47-66页 |
| ·/pr/ and /br/ | 第53-56页 |
| ·/tr/ and /dr/ | 第56-58页 |
| ·/kr/ and /gr/ | 第58-60页 |
| ·/fr/, /θr/ and /?r/ | 第60-66页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| ·Summary of Research Finding | 第66-68页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitation of this Study and Recommendation for further Research | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-75页 |
| Appendix | 第75-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
