| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-18页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第18-24页 |
| 1.1 Orientation of the Study | 第18页 |
| 1.2 Rationale for the Study | 第18-21页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第21页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4.1 Research Methodology | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4.2 Data Collection | 第22页 |
| 1.5 Layout of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第24-40页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Key Terms | 第24-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Nasals and Nasalization | 第24-25页 |
| 2.1.2 Dialect and Dialectology | 第25-26页 |
| 2.1.3 Northern Shaanxi Dialect | 第26页 |
| 2.2 Phoneme and Syllable in English and Chinese | 第26-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Phoneme and Syllable in English | 第27-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Phoneme and Syllable in Chinese | 第29-32页 |
| 2.3 Previous Studies of Nasals and Nasalization at Home and Abroad | 第32-37页 |
| 2.3.1 Previous Studies of Nasals and Nasalization at Home | 第32-35页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous Studies of Nasals and Nasalization Abroad | 第35-37页 |
| 2.4 Previous Studies of NSD on Local Learners’ English Pronunciation | 第37-39页 |
| 2.5 Achievements and Limitations of the Previous Studies | 第39页 |
| 2.6 Summary | 第39-40页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第40-46页 |
| 3.1 Language Transfer Theory | 第40-44页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition of Transfer | 第40-41页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of Transfer | 第41页 |
| 3.1.3 Development of Language Transfer Theory | 第41-42页 |
| 3.1.4 Phonetic Transfer | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2 Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第44-45页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第45-46页 |
| CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF NASALS AND NASALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHERN SHAANXI DIALECT | 第46-66页 |
| 4.1 Features of Nasals in NSD | 第46-50页 |
| 4.2 Features of Vowel Nasalization in NSD | 第50-52页 |
| 4.3 Contrastive Analysis of Nasals between English and NSD | 第52-54页 |
| 4.3.1 Nasal Phonemic Inventory in English and NSD | 第52-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Place of Nasals in Syllable in English and NSD | 第53-54页 |
| 4.4 Contrastive Analysis of Nasalization between English and NSD | 第54页 |
| 4.5 Influence of Nasals in NSD on Local Learners’ English Pronunciation | 第54-58页 |
| 4.6 Explanations of the Influence of Nasals in NSD on Local Learners' English Pronunciation | 第58-62页 |
| 4.6.1 Explanations from Perception Assimilation Model | 第58-59页 |
| 4.6.2 Explanations from Speech Learning Model | 第59-60页 |
| 4.6.3 Explanations from Critical Period Hypothesis | 第60-62页 |
| 4.7 Implications for Future English Phonetic Teaching | 第62-65页 |
| 4.7.1 Contrastive Study of L1 and English | 第62-63页 |
| 4.7.2 Instruction in Places and Rules of Articulation | 第63-64页 |
| 4.7.3 Training Students’ Listening and Speaking | 第64-65页 |
| 4.8 Summary | 第65-66页 |
| CHAPTER V CONCLUSION | 第66-69页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| 5.2 Implications of the Study | 第67页 |
| 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第67-69页 |
| REFERENCES | 第69-75页 |
