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Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Motivation of the Study
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.1 Development of Phonology
2.1.1 Structuralist Phonology
2.1.2 Generative Phonology
2.2 A Brief Survey of Suprasegmental Phonology
2.2.1 Autosegmental Phonology
2.2.1 Metrical Phonology
2.2.3 Prosodic Phonology
2.3 A Review of Rhythm Study
2.4 Summary of Literature Review
Chapter Three: Rhythm in English
3.1 Word Rhythm in English
3.1.1 The Nature of Stress
3.1.2 Word Stress in English
3.1.3 Word Stress Placement in English
3.2 Sentence Rhythm in English
3.2.1 Sentence Stress in English
3.2.2 English Sentence Rhythm
3.2.3 Division of Rhythmic Unit
3.2.4 Sound Variation in Connected Speech
Chapter Four: Rhythm in Chinese
4.1 Word Rhythm in Chinese
4.1.1 Chinese Tones
4.1.2 Word Stress in Chinese
4.1.3 Word Stress Placement in Chinese
4.2 Sentence Rhythm in Chinese
4.2.1 Sentence Stress in Chinese
4.2.2 Division of Rhythmic Unit
4.2.3 Sound Variation in Connected Speech
Chapter 5: Comparison between English and Chinese Rhythm
5.1 The "Music" of English
5.2 The "Music" of Chinese
5.3 Comparison of Rhythm between the Two Languages
5.3.1 Universality
5.3.2 Individuality
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Conclusion of the Thesis
6.2 Implication of the Study
6.3 Recommendation for Further Study
Bibliography