| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-23页 |
| ·Background of This Present Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Present Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·A Brief Description of Pingyuan Dialect | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Initials in Pingyuan Dialect | 第19-20页 |
| ·Finals in Pingyuan Dialect | 第20-21页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two A Review of the Previous Research Relevant | 第23-32页 |
| ·Previous Study on Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects at Home and Abroad | 第23-26页 |
| ·Previous Study on Tone Sandhi in Shandong Dialect | 第26-32页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第32-39页 |
| ·An Introduction to OT | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Architecture of OT Grammar | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Motivation for Application of OT in the Present Study | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Experimental Description of Pingyuan Dialect | 第39-55页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第39-41页 |
| ·Informants | 第39页 |
| ·Speech Material and Data Recording | 第39-40页 |
| ·Data Processing | 第40页 |
| ·Measurement | 第40-41页 |
| ·Experimental Results | 第41-54页 |
| ·Citation Tones of Pingyuan Dialect and Its Tonal Representation | 第41-43页 |
| ·Tone Sandhi in Disyllabic Sequence | 第43-47页 |
| ·Tone Sandhi in Trisyllabic Sequence | 第47-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Phonological Analysis on Pingyuan Dialect | 第55-85页 |
| ·Underlying Representation | 第55-57页 |
| ·OT Analysis of Disyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第57-71页 |
| ·Constraints | 第58-59页 |
| ·Ranking of Constraints | 第59-63页 |
| ·Evaluation of Candidates | 第63-71页 |
| ·OT Analysis of Trisyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第71-85页 |
| ·More Constraints | 第71-72页 |
| ·Ranking of Constraints | 第72-77页 |
| ·Evaluation of Candidates | 第77-85页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第85-87页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第85-86页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Study | 第86-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-90页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Speech Materials for Recording | 第90-97页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Tableaux for OT Evaluation of Trisyllabic Sequence | 第97-112页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Pitch values in Disyllabic Sequence | 第112-114页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Pitch values in Trisyllabic Sequence | 第114-120页 |
