| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-14页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| ·Purposes and Significance of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-40页 |
| ·Researches on Information Structure | 第20-31页 |
| ·Definitions of Information Structure | 第20-22页 |
| ·Classical Models of Information Structure | 第22-26页 |
| ·Researches on Given and New Information | 第26-31页 |
| ·Researches on Prosody | 第31-38页 |
| ·Definitions of Prosody | 第31页 |
| ·Theoretical Studies on Prosody | 第31-34页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on Prosody | 第34-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第40-48页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第40页 |
| ·Participants | 第40-41页 |
| ·Material | 第41-42页 |
| ·Instruments | 第42-44页 |
| ·Procedure | 第44-46页 |
| ·Passage Reading | 第44页 |
| ·Data Extraction and Analysis | 第44-45页 |
| ·Semi-structured Interview | 第45-46页 |
| ·Analysis of Data | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Four RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第48-78页 |
| ·Chinese EFL learners’ Prosodic Features of Information Structure | 第48-61页 |
| ·Chinese EFL learners’ Pitch Feature of Information Structure | 第48-55页 |
| ·StrucChineseture e EFL llearners’’ Timingg Featurre of Innformatioon | 第55-58页 |
| ·Chinese EFL learners’ Intensity Feature of Information Structure | 第58-61页 |
| ·Native English Speakers’ Prosodic Features of Information Structure | 第61-69页 |
| ·Nattructuretive Enge glish Speeakers’ Pitch Feature of Informmation | 第62-65页 |
| ·Native English Speakers’ Timing Feature of Information Structure | 第65-67页 |
| ·Native English Speakers’ Intensity Feature of Information Structure | 第67-69页 |
| ·Comparative Study of Prosodic Features between Chinese EFL Learners andNative English Speakers | 第69-78页 |
| ·Commparing PPitch Feaatures | 第70-72页 |
| ·Comparing Timing Features | 第72-74页 |
| ·Comparing Intensity Features | 第74-78页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS | 第78-80页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第78页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第79-80页 |
| REFERENCES | 第80-90页 |
| APPENDIX | 第90-93页 |
| Appendix I Passage Reading Material | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix II Outline for Semi-structured Interview | 第92-93页 |
| 附录： 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第93页 |
