本文以高职高专的学生为研究对象,以实证的形式考察了他们口语中功能词的音高设置。研究发现高职高专学生英语口语中功能词被重读的现象比较普遍,尤其是代词和助动词在无对比和强调必要的情况下经常被赋予重音甚至调核重音。本文的结果对于高职高专英语教学有一定的借鉴意义。 In this paper, the students of higher vocational colleges as the research object, in an empirical way to examine the function of their spoken language in the pitch setting. It is found that functional words are re-read in higher vocational college students’ oral English. In particular, pronouns and auxiliary verbs are often given accents and even nuclear stress in the absence of contrast and stress. The result of this paper is of some reference to English teaching in higher vocational colleges.