| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Preliminaries | 第10-11页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第11-14页 |
| ·Autosegmental Representation | 第11-12页 |
| ·Tonal Representation | 第12-13页 |
| ·Underspecification Theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 A Review of the Previous Research | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Phonetic Properties of the Neutral Tone in Some Chinese Dialects | 第16-20页 |
| ·Duration in Distinguishing the Neutral Tone from the Full Tone | 第16-17页 |
| ·Amplitude in Distinguishing the Neutral Tone from the Full Tone | 第17-18页 |
| ·F_0 in Distinguishing the Neutral Tone and the Full Tone | 第18-20页 |
| ·Formants in Distinguishing the Neutral Tone and the Full Tone | 第20页 |
| ·Tone in Changsha Chinese | 第20-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Acoustic Experiment on Surface Tones in Changsha Chinese | 第23-57页 |
| ·Disyllabic Expressions with the Neutral Tone in Changsha Chinese | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Experiment Purpose | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Distinction and Relation among F_0, Pitch and Tone | 第25页 |
| ·The Relation between the Vowel Quality and Formants | 第25-26页 |
| ·Experiment Design | 第26-34页 |
| ·Experiment on the Neutral Tone | 第26-33页 |
| ·Experiment on the Full Tone | 第33-34页 |
| ·Result of the Experiment | 第34-55页 |
| ·F_0 of the Neutral Tone and Its Preceding Full Tone | 第34-39页 |
| ·F_0 of the Six Full Tones | 第39-42页 |
| ·F_0, Duration, Amplitude and Formants of Compared Groups | 第42-55页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 4 The Phonological Interpretation to the Phonetic Facts | 第57-79页 |
| ·The Tone System in Changsha Chinese | 第57-66页 |
| ·The Assumption about the Tone System in Changsha Chinese | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Analysis of the Tone System in Changsha Chinese | 第59-66页 |
| ·The Neutral Tone in Changsha Chinese | 第66-74页 |
| ·Surface Value of the Neutral Tone | 第66-70页 |
| ·No Spreading in the Surface Value Obtaining of the Neutral Tone | 第70-74页 |
| ·The Essential Property of Default Tone | 第74-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-81页 |
| Reference | 第81-86页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix A 攻读学位期间所发表的学术论文目录 | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix B 详细中文摘要 | 第88-90页 |
