声明
摘要
Abstract
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Origin of the research topic
1．2 Theoretical and Pedagogical Significance
1．3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Theoretical Background and Literature Review
2．1 Theoretical Background
2．1．1 Optimality Theory
2．1．2 Constraint Demotion Algorithm
2．1．3 English Consonant Clusters
2．1．4．English and Chinese Syllable Structures
2．1．5 An OT Account
2．2 Literature Review
2．2．1 Studies on SLA of ECS and ECCS
2．2．2 Studies on SLA of ECS and ECCS in China
Chapter 3 Research Design
3．1 Research Questions and Hypotheses
3．2 Subject
3．3 Instruments and Materials
3．4 Research Procedures
3．4．1．Pilot Study
3．4．2．Data Collection
3．4．3 Data Transcription and analysis
Chapter 4 Results and Discussions
4．1 Pilot Study
4．1．1 Results and Discussions
4．1．2 Discussion in OT Account
4．1．3 Suggestions for the Research Project
4．2 The Research Project
4．2．1 Results
4．2．2 Discussions
Chapter 5 Conclusion
5．1 Main Findings
5．2 Innovations
5．2．1 Theoretical Improvement
5．2．2 Empirical Improvement
5．3 Limitations
5．4 Suggestions for the Future Teaching
Bibliography
Appendix A The Questionnaire
Appendix B Word List 1---Words with Final English Consonants
Appendix C Word List 2---Words with English Consonant Clusters
Acknowledgements
Resume and Publications
