| 1 Overview of the Study of Sound Symbolism | 第1-20页 |
| ·The Beginnings of Sound Symbolism | 第9-11页 |
| ·Experiments in the 20th Century | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structuralism-Saussure | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research after 1990 | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Study of Sound Symbolism in the Modern Chinese Language | 第15-17页 |
| ·Statement of the Problem and Purpose of the Thesis | 第17-18页 |
| ·Brief Outline | 第18-20页 |
| 2 Theoretical Framework | 第20-29页 |
| ·Terminology and Classification | 第20页 |
| ·Data Sources and Transcription | 第20-21页 |
| ·Methods Employed | 第21-22页 |
| ·Phonetic Features | 第22-23页 |
| ·Semantic Categories | 第23-24页 |
| ·Relations between Phonetic Features and Semantic Features | 第24-25页 |
| ·A Framework of Sound Symbolism | 第25-27页 |
| ·Is Sound Symbolism an Organic Element of Language? | 第25-26页 |
| ·Is Sound Symbolism Universal or Language Specific? | 第26-27页 |
| ·Explanations of Sound Symbolism | 第27-29页 |
| 3 The Study of Sound Symbolism within Onomatopoeias | 第29-49页 |
| ·Introduction | 第29-30页 |
| ·Assortment of Monosyllabic Onomatopoeias Based on Initials | 第30-33页 |
| ·Plosive-initials/b p t d k g/ | 第31页 |
| ·Fricative-initials/fh x sh s r/ | 第31-32页 |
| ·Affricative-initials/j q zh ch z c/ | 第32页 |
| ·Approximants/w y/ | 第32-33页 |
| ·Assortment of Monosyllabic Onomatopoeias Based on Finals | 第33-36页 |
| ·Simple Finals | 第33-34页 |
| ·Compound Finals | 第34-35页 |
| ·Nasal Finals | 第35-36页 |
| ·Most Frequently-used Initials and Finals | 第36-37页 |
| ·Initials and Their Semantic Associations | 第37-40页 |
| ·Finals and Their Semantic Associations | 第40-44页 |
| ·Simple Finals | 第40-41页 |
| ·Compound Finals | 第41页 |
| ·Nasal Final/η/ | 第41-44页 |
| ·Monosyllabic, Disyllabic and Polysyllabic Onomatopoeias | 第44-47页 |
| ·Form A | 第45-46页 |
| ·Form AB | 第46-47页 |
| ·Form ABCD | 第47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| 4 The Study of Sound Symbolism outside Onomatopoeias | 第49-61页 |
| ·The Study of Size Symbolism | 第49-53页 |
| ·Symbolism Motivated by Other Senses | 第53-55页 |
| ·Sound Symbolism as It Relates to the Chinese Tone | 第55-57页 |
| ·Sound Symbolism as It Relates to the Chinese Culture | 第57-58页 |
| ·Gender Difference in the Spoken Chinese | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| 5 Conclusion and Practical Values | 第61-64页 |
| ·Conclusion and Further Discussion | 第61-62页 |
| ·Practical Values | 第62-64页 |
| ·For Writing and Translation | 第62-63页 |
| ·For Naming | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-81页 |
| Articles Published During MA Study | 第81页 |
