| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-9页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-15页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-23页 |
| ·RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第16-17页 |
| ·THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第17-18页 |
| ·BASIC CONCEPTS IN THIS DISSERTATION | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definition of intonation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Definition of prominence and focus | 第19-20页 |
| ·Definition of pitch accent,nuclear accent,pre-nuclear accent and postnuclear accent | 第20-21页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION | 第21-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-42页 |
| ·THE AUTOSEGMENTAL-METRICAL THEORY(THE AM THEORY) | 第23-31页 |
| ·The original model | 第23-26页 |
| ·ToBI labeling system | 第26-27页 |
| ·The IViE labeling system | 第27-29页 |
| ·Ladd's notation of tonal structure | 第29-31页 |
| ·RESEARCHES ON DECLARATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE INTONATION PATTERNS OF ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS | 第31-34页 |
| ·RESEARCHES ON DECLARATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE INTONATION PATTERNS OF CHINESE NATIVE SPEAKERS | 第34-38页 |
| ·RESEARCHES ON INTONATION PATTERNS OF CHINESE EFL LEARNERS | 第38-40页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第40-42页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN | 第42-48页 |
| ·SPEECH CORPUS AND READING MATERIALS | 第42-43页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第43-44页 |
| ·RECORDING PROCEDURE | 第44页 |
| ·DATA PROCESSING | 第44-46页 |
| ·Data labeling | 第44-45页 |
| ·Data extraction | 第45-46页 |
| ·THE PERCEPTUAL EXPERIMENT | 第46-48页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR INTONATION PATTERNS OF WH-QUESTIONS | 第48-70页 |
| ·PROMINENCE FREQUENCY AND PROMINENCE DISTRIBUTION | 第48-56页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what's WRONG' | 第48-49页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what are you SAYING' | 第49页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'WHAT kinds has he planned' | 第49-50页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what's WRONG with the blessed thing' | 第50-51页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what does he do for a LIVING' | 第51-52页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what's the MATTER with the wretched machine' | 第52页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what makes you think HE'LL do any better' | 第52-54页 |
| ·Nuclear accent distribution and frequency of sentence 'what makes you think WAITING will make any differences' | 第54-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·THE PITCH PATTERN OF NUCLEAR ACCENT | 第56-69页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what's wrong' | 第56-58页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what are you saying' | 第58-60页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what kinds has he planned' | 第60-61页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what wrong with the blessed thing' | 第61-63页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what does he do for a living' | 第63-66页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what's the matter with the wretched machine' | 第66-67页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what makes you think he'll do any better' | 第67-68页 |
| ·Pitch pattern of the sentence 'what makes you think waiting will make any difference' | 第68-69页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第69-70页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE INTONATION PATTERNS OF CHINESE EFL LEARNERS | 第70-80页 |
| ·PITCH PATTERNS OF STATEMENTS | 第70-73页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of statements with final nuclear accent | 第70-71页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of statements with medial nuclear accent | 第71-73页 |
| ·PITCH PATTERNS OF YES-NO QUESTIONS | 第73-76页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of yes-no questions with final nuclear accent | 第73-74页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of yes-no questions with medial nuclear accent | 第74-76页 |
| ·PITCH PATTERNS OF WH-QUESTIONS | 第76-79页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of WH-questions with initial nuclear accent | 第76页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of WH-questions with medial nuclear accent | 第76-77页 |
| ·Pitch patterns of WH-questions with final nuclear accent | 第77-79页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第79-80页 |
| CHAPTER SIX PERCEPTION OF PROMINENCE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF CHINESE EFL LEARNERS | 第80-88页 |
| ·PERCEPTION OF PROMINENCE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF STATEMENTS | 第80-83页 |
| ·Statements with final focus | 第80-81页 |
| ·Statements with medial focus | 第81-83页 |
| ·PERCEPTION OF PROMINENCE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF YES-NO QUESTIONS | 第83-85页 |
| ·Yes-no questions with final focus | 第83-84页 |
| ·Yes-no questions with medial focus | 第84-85页 |
| ·INTERACTION BETWEEN LISTENERS AND SENTENCE TYPES | 第85-87页 |
| ·DISCUSSION | 第87-88页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第88-93页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第88-90页 |
| ·CONTRIBUTION | 第90-91页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND FURTHER STUDIES | 第91-93页 |
| REFERENCES | 第93-97页 |
| APPENDIX | 第97-98页 |
| 作者简历 | 第98页 |
