| Acknowledgments | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract in English | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第10-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-15页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第16-24页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Object of Research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rationale for the Study | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第19-21页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第21-22页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第24-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第24页 |
| ·Studies of Memetics | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Origin of Meme and Memetics | 第24-26页 |
| ·Defining and Categorizing Meme | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Development of Memetics in Western Countries | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Development of Memetics in China | 第28-29页 |
| ·Review on Cyber Language and Popular Words in the Cyberworld | 第29-33页 |
| ·Stages of The Study On Cyber Language and Popular Words in the Cyberworld | 第30-31页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Cyber Language and Popular Words in the Cyberworld | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Data Collection Process | 第34-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Methodology for the Study | 第34-36页 |
| ·Methodology for the Study Considered | 第34-36页 |
| ·Methodology for the Present Research | 第36页 |
| ·Procedure for Collecting Data | 第36-38页 |
| ·Description of Questionnaire | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Coding Framework | 第39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four Basic Analyses of Chinese Popular Words Used in the Cyberworld | 第41-48页 |
| ·Introduction | 第41页 |
| ·The Popularity of Chinese Popular Words Used in the Cyberworld | 第41-43页 |
| ·Analyzing Popular Words of Cyberworld from the Perspective of Semantics | 第43-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Categorization of Meaning and these Words | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Analyzing Chinese Popular Words in the Cyberworld from the Perspectives of Pragmatics and Memetics | 第48-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48页 |
| ·Why Have these Words Become Popular from the Perspective of Memetics | 第48-52页 |
| ·A General Theory of Memetics and these Words | 第48-51页 |
| ·Strong Memes and these Words | 第51-52页 |
| ·Analyzing Popular Words from the Perspective of Pragmatics | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Basic Framework of Pragmatics | 第52-54页 |
| ·The General Theory of Pragmatics | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Relationship between Semantics and Pragmatics | 第53-54页 |
| ·Changes in the Meaning of Popular Words Used in the Cyberworld | 第54-59页 |
| ·Extending and Transforming of these Words' Meaning | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Features of the Cyberworld Context and these Changes | 第57-59页 |
| ·Why Have these Changes Taken from the Perspective of Memetics | 第59-64页 |
| ·Genotype and these Changes | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Lifecycle of a Meme and these Changes | 第61-62页 |
| ·The "Transmitted" Context and these Changes | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Major Findings from the Study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-74页 |
