| ABSTRACT | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| ·The objectives of the study | 第9-10页 |
| ·The methodology of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The organization of this thesis | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-33页 |
| ·The syllable as a phonological unit | 第13-14页 |
| ·Some basic issues of the syllable | 第14-18页 |
| ·Definitions of the syllable | 第14页 |
| ·The role of sonority and syllable weight in establishing syllable constituency | 第14-17页 |
| ·The approach of the Sonority Sequencing Principle | 第14-16页 |
| ·The approach of syllable weight | 第16-17页 |
| ·The syllable internal structure and core syllables | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous studies on English and Japanese syllable structures | 第18-33页 |
| ·The sound system of English | 第19页 |
| ·The analysis of English syllable structure | 第19-26页 |
| ·Some traditional assumptions in English syllable structure | 第20页 |
| ·Discussions on English core syllables | 第20-23页 |
| ·Giegerich's analysis of English syllable structure | 第23-26页 |
| ·The sound system of Japanese | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Japanese syllable structure | 第27-33页 |
| ·The mora and syllable in Japanese | 第27-29页 |
| ·The analysis of Japanese syllable structure | 第29-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE AN INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMALITY THEORY | 第33-42页 |
| ·Shortcomings of rule-based theory and advantages of OT | 第33-34页 |
| ·The theoretical framework of OT | 第34-38页 |
| ·Implications of OT for this study | 第38-42页 |
| ·Typological goals of OT | 第38页 |
| ·The basic syllable typology | 第38-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR THE ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF ENGLISH ANDJAPANESE CORE SYLLABLE STRUCTURES AND THEIR CONSTITUENTSUNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF OT | 第42-70页 |
| ·The analysis of English and Japanese core syllable structures under the framework of OT | 第42-53页 |
| ·The analysis of English core syllable structure | 第42-48页 |
| ·The analysis of Japanese core syllable structure | 第48-53页 |
| ·The comparison of English and Japanese core syllable structures from the onset, peak and coda positions under the framework of OT | 第53-70页 |
| ·The comparison of onsets | 第54-64页 |
| ·The comparison of single-consonant onsets | 第54-58页 |
| ·The comparison of two-consonant onsets | 第58-64页 |
| ·The rhymes in both English and Japanese | 第64-70页 |
| ·The comparison of peaks | 第65-66页 |
| ·The comparison of codas #58CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第66-70页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第70-75页 |
| ·Research findings | 第70-73页 |
| ·Implications:theoretical and practical | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations and further study | 第74-75页 |
| NOTES | 第75-77页 |
| REFERENCES | 第77-82页 |
