| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-14页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·The Definition of English N+N Compounds | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Reasons for the Study of N+N Compounds | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第17页 |
| ·The Framework of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Working Hypothesis | 第19-20页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第20-28页 |
| ·The Previous Overseas Studies of N+N Compounds | 第20-23页 |
| ·Downing’s Accounts | 第20-21页 |
| ·Anderson’s Accounts | 第21-22页 |
| ·Bauer’s Accounts | 第22页 |
| ·Katamba’s Accounts | 第22-23页 |
| ·Benczes’s Accounts | 第23页 |
| ·The Previous Domestic Studies of N+N Compounds | 第23-28页 |
| ·Wang Wenbin’s Accounts | 第23-24页 |
| ·Liu Zhengguang & Liu Runqing’s Accounts | 第24-25页 |
| ·Wang Jun’s Accounts | 第25-26页 |
| ·Huang Jie’s Accounts | 第26页 |
| ·Zhu Yan’s Accounts | 第26-28页 |
| 3 Theoretical Background | 第28-34页 |
| ·The Semantic Analysis Approach to N+N Compounds | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Componential Analysis Approach | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Semantic Field Approach | 第30页 |
| ·The Truth Conditional Semantics Approach | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Generative Approach to N+N Compounds | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Conceptual Blending Approach to N+N Compounds | 第32页 |
| ·The Frame Semantics Approach to N+N Compounds | 第32-34页 |
| 4 Frame, Independent Frame and Compound Frame in N+N Compounds | 第34-48页 |
| ·The Notions and Properties of Frame | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Notions of Frame | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Properties of Frame | 第36页 |
| ·The Definition of the Independent Frame and the Compound Frame | 第36-38页 |
| ·Frame, Framing and Compounding | 第38-39页 |
| ·Frame, Framing & Compounding | 第38页 |
| ·Compounding vs Compounds | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Frame-based N+N Compounding Model | 第39-40页 |
| ·Frame Shift in N+N Compounds | 第40-41页 |
| ·Inter-frame Shift | 第40-41页 |
| ·Intra-frame Shift | 第41页 |
| ·The Relationship between the Independent Frame and the Compound Frame | 第41-48页 |
| ·Null Semantic Deviation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Partial Semantic Deviation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Holistic Semantic Deviation | 第44-48页 |
| 5 Parataxis of English N+N Compounds | 第48-59页 |
| ·The Definition of Parataxis | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Paratactic Focus of English N+N Compounds | 第49-51页 |
| ·Paratactic Accesses to English N+N Compounds | 第51-58页 |
| ·Predicate Deletion | 第52页 |
| ·Predicate Nominalization | 第52-53页 |
| ·Preposition Deletion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Metaphorization | 第55-56页 |
| ·Metonymization | 第56页 |
| ·Metaphtonymization | 第56-58页 |
| ·Paratactic Economy in English N+N Compounding | 第58-59页 |
| 6 Semantic Restrictions on English N+N Compounds | 第59-70页 |
| ·Morphological Representations of N+N Compounds | 第59-62页 |
| ·Directionality | 第59-61页 |
| ·Holisticness | 第61页 |
| ·Specificity | 第61-62页 |
| ·Recursiveness | 第62页 |
| ·Complexity of the Internal Semantic Relations within N+N Compounds | 第62-65页 |
| ·Syntagmatic Relations and Paradigmatic Relations | 第65-67页 |
| ·Syntagmatic Relations in N+N Compounds | 第65-66页 |
| ·Paradigmatic Relations in N+N Compounds | 第66-67页 |
| ·Semantic Restrictions | 第67-70页 |
| ·Semantic Restrictions on the Morphology of N+N Compounds | 第67-68页 |
| ·Semantic Restrictions on the Syntax of N+N Compounds | 第68页 |
| ·Semantic Restrictions on the Phonology of N+N Compounds | 第68-70页 |
| 7 Frame-driven Motivations for English N+N Compounds | 第70-75页 |
| ·Conventional Notions of Motivation | 第70-71页 |
| ·The Extra-Motivation and the Intra-Motivation | 第70页 |
| ·The Signifying Motivation and the Syntagmatic Motivation | 第70-71页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy Motivation | 第71页 |
| ·Frame-driven Motivations | 第71-74页 |
| ·The Internal motivation | 第72-73页 |
| ·The External Motivation | 第73-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| 8 Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| ·New Findings | 第75-77页 |
| ·Contributions of the Present Study | 第77页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-83页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第83-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84页 |
