声明
Table of Contents
Abstract
摘要
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Background of the Study
1．2 Significance of the Study
1．3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Key Terms
2．1．1 Intelligibility
2．1．2 Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit
2．1．3／n／l／Contrasts
2．2 Theoretical Framework
2．2．1 Language Transfer
2．2．2 Contrastive Analysis
2．2．3 Speech Learning Model
2．3 Previous Studies on the Factors Affecting the Intelligibility of English Speech
2．3．1 Previous Studies on the Factor of Listeners’Language Background
2．3．2 Previous Studies on the Factors of Listeners’Language Proficiency
2．3．3 Comments on Previous Studies
Chapter Three Research Design
3．1 Research Questions
3．2 Participants
3．2．1 Talkers
3．2．2 Listeners
3．3 Stimulus
3．4 Instruments
3．4．1 Aeeentedness Judgement Task
3．4．2 Word Identification Task
3．5 Data Collection and Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4．1 Effects of Listeners’Dialect Backgrounds on Their Intelligibility
4．1．1 Intelligibility of Target Sounds with Different Positions in a Syllable
4．1．2 Intelligibility of Target Sounds with Different Word Neighbourhood Density
4．2 Effects of Listeners’English Pronunciation Proficiency on Their Intelligibility
4．2．1 Intelligibility of Target Sounds with Different Positions in a Syllable
4．2．2 Intelligibility of Target Sounds with Different Word Neighbourhood Density
4．3 Discussion
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Major Findings
5．2 Implications of This Study
5．3 Limitations of This Study
References
Appendix
Acknowledgements
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