| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Abbreviations | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Research | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第18-35页 |
| ·Theory of Language Transfer | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Definition of Language Transfer | 第18-19页 |
| ·Historical Studies of Language Transfer | 第19-20页 |
| ·Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis | 第20-22页 |
| ·Flege's Speech Learning Model | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Chinese Local Accents on the Influences of English Pronunciation Acquisition | 第23-33页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Northern Accents on the Influences of English Pronunciation Acquisition | 第26-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Southern Accents on the Influences of English Pronunciation Acquisition | 第28-33页 |
| ·Limitations of the Previous Studies and the Further Research | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Sound Systems of English and Yuancheng Dialect | 第35-58页 |
| ·Sound System of English | 第35-37页 |
| ·English Vowel System | 第36页 |
| ·English Consonant System | 第36-37页 |
| ·Sound System of Yuancheng Accent | 第37-43页 |
| ·Background of Yuancheng Accent in Heyuan City | 第37-40页 |
| ·Background of Hakka Dialects | 第38页 |
| ·Background of Yuancheng Accent in Heyuan City | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Yuancheng Accent | 第40-43页 |
| ·Yunmu in Yuancheng Accent | 第41-42页 |
| ·Shengmu in Yuancheng Accent | 第42-43页 |
| ·Contrast of Segmental Systems between Yuancheng Accent and English | 第43-55页 |
| ·Contrast of Vowels between English and Yuancheng Accent | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Monophthongs in Contrast | 第43-47页 |
| ·The Diphthongs in Contrast | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Contrast of Consonants between English and Yuancheng Accent | 第48-55页 |
| ·Places of Articulation in Contrast | 第49-53页 |
| ·Manners of Articulation in Contrast | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第58-65页 |
| ·Participants | 第58-59页 |
| ·Materials | 第59页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第59-63页 |
| ·The Background Questionnaire | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Tape Recording | 第61页 |
| ·The Interview | 第61-63页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 5 Results and Discussions | 第65-85页 |
| ·Results of the Tape Recording | 第65-70页 |
| ·Errors in Vowel Pronunciation | 第65-68页 |
| ·Errors in Consonant Pronunciation | 第68-70页 |
| ·Results of the Questionnaire | 第70-74页 |
| ·Results of the interview | 第74-75页 |
| ·Discussions | 第75-85页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第85-91页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第85-87页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第87-89页 |
| ·Limitations | 第89-91页 |
| References | 第91-97页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Questionnaire | 第97-100页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Reading Material | 第100-101页 |
