| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in English | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| A List of Tables & Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Motives | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Structural Arrangement | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-22页 |
| ·Researches on the Miao Language | 第15-16页 |
| ·Relevant Researches on English and the Miao Language | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Differences between English and the Miao Language | 第16-17页 |
| ·The English Consonantal Pronunciation Errors by the English Learners of Miao Nationality | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Remaining Problems in the previous study | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Application of Optimality Theory at Home and Abroad | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Framework | 第22-27页 |
| ·Basis of Optimality Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Natures of Constraints | 第24-25页 |
| ·Tableau | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Four Contrastive Analysis on the Consonants System between English and the Miao Language | 第27-39页 |
| ·The Consonants of the Miao Language | 第27-31页 |
| ·Differences in the Consonantal System of English and the Miao Language | 第31-34页 |
| ·Analysis the Error Patterns | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter Five Application of OT to Accounting for the Error Patterns | 第39-59页 |
| ·Constraints Defined | 第39-40页 |
| ·Extension of Optimality Theory:Accounting for the Error Patterns | 第40-59页 |
| ·Fricative Substitution | 第40-47页 |
| ·Substituting Apical Dental Fricative for Lamino-dental Fricative | 第40-42页 |
| ·Substituting Alveolar-palatal Fricative for Palatal-alveolar Fricative | 第42-43页 |
| ·Substituting Apical Dental Fricative for Palatal-alveolar Fricative | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Constraints Hierarchy for Fricative Substitution | 第44-47页 |
| ·Affricate Substitution | 第47-51页 |
| ·Substituting Alveolar-palatal Affricate for Palatal-alveolar Affricate | 第47-48页 |
| ·Substituting Apical Dental Affricate for Palatal-alveolar Affricate | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Constraints Hierarchy for Affricate Substitution | 第49-51页 |
| ·Substituting Fricative for Approximant | 第51-54页 |
| ·Substituting Back Vowel[o]for Dark Lateral[(?)] | 第54-59页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion and Implications | 第59-65页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-62页 |
| ·Implications | 第62-63页 |
| ·Theoretical Implication | 第62页 |
| ·Practical Implication | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第63-65页 |
| ·Limitations | 第63-64页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第64-65页 |
| Reference | 第65-69页 |
| APPENDIX | 第69-70页 |
