| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第18-22页 |
| 1.1 The Research Background | 第18-19页 |
| 1.2 The Research Purpose and Significance | 第19-20页 |
| 1.3 The Organization of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第22-31页 |
| 2.1 Focus | 第22-23页 |
| 2.2 Tone Sandhi | 第23-25页 |
| 2.3 Prosodic Structure | 第25-26页 |
| 2.4 The Blocking Effect of Focus on Tone Sandhi | 第26-31页 |
| Chapter 3 The Experiment | 第31-40页 |
| 3.1 The Subjects | 第31页 |
| 3.2 The Recording | 第31-35页 |
| 3.3 The Experimental Method | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4 The Data Collection | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis | 第40-86页 |
| 4.1 Tonal Sequence in Mandarin: Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 1 | 第41-58页 |
| 4.1.1 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3331 under NF | 第41-49页 |
| 4.1.2 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3331 under EF | 第49-58页 |
| 4.2 Tonal Sequence in Mandarin: Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 2 | 第58-67页 |
| 4.2.1 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3332 under NF | 第59-61页 |
| 4.2.2 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3332 under EF | 第61-67页 |
| 4.3 Tonal Sequence in Mandarin: Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 4 | 第67-75页 |
| 4.3.1 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3334 under NF | 第67-69页 |
| 4.3.2 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3334 under EF | 第69-75页 |
| 4.4 Tonal Sequence in Mandarin: Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 3-Tone 3 | 第75-81页 |
| 4.4.1 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3333 under NF | 第75-77页 |
| 4.4.2 The F0 and the T Value for the Sequence 3333 under EF | 第77-81页 |
| 4.5 The Analysis of Duration under Focuses | 第81-86页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion | 第86-91页 |
| 5.1 The Placement of Emphatic Boundary in TS with EF | 第86-89页 |
| 5.2 The Effects of Emphatic Focus on Tone Sandhi | 第89-90页 |
| 5.3 Durational Analysis of Tonal Sequences with EF | 第90-91页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第91-93页 |
| References | 第93-95页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第95页 |
