| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| Chapter One The Broadening Trend of the RP System | 第17-26页 |
| ·The current situation of RP | 第17-19页 |
| ·The classification and definition of RP in the new situation | 第19-24页 |
| ·The gradual loss of social meaning | 第20-22页 |
| ·Admitting regional characteristics | 第22-24页 |
| ·General RP: a pronunciation model for EFL | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two The Developments of Gimson's General RP Vowel System | 第26-33页 |
| ·The establishment of the RP vowel system | 第26-28页 |
| ·The features of Gimson's RP vowel system | 第28-33页 |
| ·The loss of/(?)/ | 第29页 |
| ·Fronted/(?)/ | 第29-30页 |
| ·Raised/(?)/ | 第30-31页 |
| ·The centered 1st element of/ou/ | 第31-32页 |
| ·Less opened the 2nd element of/I(?)/in word final | 第32页 |
| ·The shift away from/(?)/to/(?)/after/f, θ, s/ | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three The Latest Developments of the RP Vowel System | 第33-62页 |
| ·Relatively stable vowels | 第34-38页 |
| ·Well accepted diphthongizing of/i:/ | 第34页 |
| ·Comparatively stable back vowels/(?)/,/(?)/and/(?)/ | 第34-36页 |
| ·Comparatively stable diphthongs/(?)/,/(?)/ | 第36-38页 |
| ·Vowels with changes in phonetic realization | 第38-46页 |
| ·Lowering tendency for/e/ | 第38-39页 |
| ·Lowered/(?)/ | 第39-42页 |
| ·Slightly retreated/(?)/ | 第42-44页 |
| ·Centered/u:/ | 第44-46页 |
| ·Vowels with changes on the level of varints | 第46-56页 |
| ·Tensing word final/I/ | 第46-48页 |
| ·Slightly raised word final/(?)/ | 第48-49页 |
| ·Backward extended varying latitude for/(?)/ | 第49-51页 |
| ·Foreword extended varying latitude for/(?)/ | 第51页 |
| ·Newly admitted variant/(?)/for/(?)/ | 第51-52页 |
| ·Monophthongizing/(?)//(?)/and/(?)/ | 第52-56页 |
| ·Vowels with changes in lexical incidence | 第56-62页 |
| ·The replacement of/I/by/(?)/ | 第56-59页 |
| ·The replacement of/(?)/ by /(?)/ | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Four A Case Study | 第62-66页 |
| ·A pronunciation sample of the 1950s | 第62-63页 |
| ·Three pronunciation samples of this century | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-74页 |
| Index | 第74-75页 |
| 个人成果简介 | 第75-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77页 |
