Chapter1 Introduction
1.1 Target of the Research
1.2 Research Orientation
1.3 Rationale of the Research
1.4 Notes on Methodology, Data Collectionand Terminology
1.5 Structure of the Book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Traditional Research
2.2 Research on the Basis of OT
2.3 Achievements and Limitations of thePast Researches
Chapter 3 Some Aspects of ChineseMorpho-syntax and Prosody
3.1 Wordhood
3.2 Foot Binarity
3.3 Prosodic Constraints on Chinese Syntax
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4 The Conceptual Framework
4.1 OT Theory
4.2 Justification for an OT Account of TSD
4.3 Characterization of the Conceptual Framework
Chapter 5 TS Phrasing in the Dialects Dominatedby Morpho-syntactic Constraints
5.1 Morpho-syntactic Constraints on TS Phrasing
5.2 Ruicheng: Case Study (1)
5.3 Danyang: Case Study (2)
5.4 Pingyao: Case Study (3)
5.5 Xiamen: Case Study (4)
5.6 Fuzhou: Case Study (5)
5.7 Shanghai: Case Study (6)
5.8 Summay
Chapter 6 TS Phrasing in the Dialects Dominatedby ProsodlcConstraints
6.1 TSR Application Directionality
6.2 Dominance of Prosodic Constraints in thePhrasing of TS
6.3 Summary
Chapter7 Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings
7.2 Implications
7.3 Limitations
7.4 Suggestions for Further Studies
Bibliography