| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·The Current Study | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two The Tone Forms of Chengdu Dialect | 第15-23页 |
| ·The Disyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Trisyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第18-23页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Background | 第23-30页 |
| ·The Basic Structure of OT | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Allomorph Generation and Allomorph Selection | 第25-30页 |
| ·WFT and Tonal Markedness Reduction,Stasis and Increase | 第26-30页 |
| Chapter Four OT Analysis of Chengdu Tone Sandhi | 第30-57页 |
| ·The Disyllabic Sandhi in OT | 第30-41页 |
| ·The Trisyllabic Sandhi in OT | 第41-57页 |
| ·The Prosodic Domain of Chengdu Trisyllabic Tone Sandhi | 第41-43页 |
| ·Opacity | 第43-52页 |
| ·Normal Application | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Other Forms | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Five The Problems of a Rule-Based Anallysis and DirectionalityPrinciples | 第57-63页 |
| ·The Problems of a Rule-Based Analysis | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Problems of the Directionality Principles | 第59-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
