| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·The Motivation of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objective and Significance of Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Research Methods | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Related Theoretical Studies | 第16-17页 |
| ·Lado’s CAH and Second Language Acquisition of Phonology | 第16页 |
| ·Larry Selinker (1972)’s Inter-language Hypothesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Critical Period Hypothesis | 第17页 |
| ·The Noticing Hypothesis | 第17页 |
| ·Related Study in Contrastive Analysis of Syllables between Chinese and English | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Acquisition of L2 Phonology | 第18-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Acquisition of L2 Phonology Abroad | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Acquisition of Phonology at Home | 第22-24页 |
| ·Findings and Problems of Previous Studies | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three Research Theory | 第25-38页 |
| ·Stress Theory | 第25-34页 |
| ·Definition of Word Stress | 第25页 |
| ·Word Ending Stress Rules | 第25-30页 |
| ·Rules with No Exceptions | 第25-27页 |
| ·Rules with Exceptions | 第27-30页 |
| ·Compound Words and Stress | 第30-31页 |
| ·Compound Words with Stress on the First Word | 第30-31页 |
| ·Compound Words with Stress on the Second Word | 第31页 |
| ·Sentence Stress | 第31-34页 |
| ·Second Language Acquisition | 第34-38页 |
| ·Error Analysis | 第35-36页 |
| ·Mother Tongue Transfer | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Research Design | 第38-42页 |
| ·Participants | 第38-39页 |
| ·Materials | 第39-40页 |
| ·Procedures | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis on the Experiment and Discussion | 第42-108页 |
| ·Data Analysis of the Word Stress Paper Test Results | 第42-46页 |
| ·Analysis of the Recording with Praat Microsoft | 第46-98页 |
| ·Discussion | 第98-108页 |
| ·Word Stress | 第98-104页 |
| ·Stress Errors in Single Words with Two syllables or More than Two Syllables | 第99-100页 |
| ·Stress Errors in Some English Words with Certain Special Affixes | 第100-101页 |
| ·Stress Shift Errors Including Tonic Stress Errors, Emphatic Stress Errors, Contrastive Stress Errors and Alternative Stress Errors | 第101-102页 |
| ·Stress Errors in Compound Words | 第102-104页 |
| ·Sentence Stress | 第104-108页 |
| ·Errors in Pronunciation with Stress and Without Stress | 第104-105页 |
| ·Errors because of Rules for Variations in Sentence Stress such as Repetition, Rhythm, Emphasis and Contrast | 第105-108页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第108-116页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第108-111页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第111-114页 |
| ·Methodological Innovations | 第111页 |
| ·Implications in the College English Teaching in China | 第111-114页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第114-116页 |
| ·Limitations of this Study | 第114页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第114-116页 |
| Bibliography | 第116-122页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第122-123页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第123页 |
