| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introductions | 第10-16页 |
| ·Research Background of Syllables | 第10-13页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Syllable Contrastive Study between English and Mandarin | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance and the Research Methods | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background | 第16-24页 |
| ·Optimality Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·A Comprehensive Introduction to OT | 第16-17页 |
| ·OT Grammar as an Input-Output Device | 第17-18页 |
| ·Constraints | 第18-24页 |
| ·Correspondence Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Markedness Constraints | 第21-22页 |
| ·Alignment Constraints | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Comparison of Syllable Structures and Optimality-TheoreticAnalysis between English and Mandarin | 第24-56页 |
| ·A Brief Comparison of the Two Syllable Structures | 第24-28页 |
| ·The Peak of the Two Syllables | 第25-26页 |
| ·Onset in the Two Syllables | 第26-27页 |
| ·Coda in the Two Syllables | 第27-28页 |
| ·Tone and Intonation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Phonotactic Constraints on Nucleus of the Two Syllables | 第29-39页 |
| ·Diphthongal Clusters | 第29-35页 |
| ·Self-Conjunction Approach to Triphthongal Clusters | 第35-39页 |
| ·Phonotactic Constraints on Syllables | 第39-56页 |
| ·An OT Account of Syllables | 第39-44页 |
| ·Major Types of the Two Syllable Onsets | 第44-46页 |
| ·Phonotactic Constraints on CG Clusters of Mandarin | 第46-53页 |
| ·Phonotactic Constraints on English Onset Consonant Cluster | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter Four Contrast of Syllabification Rules and Syllable Division betweenEnglish and Mandarin | 第56-69页 |
| ·Syllabification Rules of the Two Languages | 第56-60页 |
| ·In English | 第56-59页 |
| ·In Mandarin | 第59-60页 |
| ·Jurisdiction of Certain Constituents in Syllables | 第60-64页 |
| ·Single Consonant between Vowels and Consonant in Coda in English Syllables | 第60-62页 |
| ·Pre-nuclear Glides in Mandarin Syllables | 第62-64页 |
| ·Syllable Division in OT Framework between English and Mandarin | 第64-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Notes | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-78页 |
| 攻读学位期间完成的学术论文 | 第78-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80页 |
