| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Raising of the Question | 第13-14页 |
| ·Trigger of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Subject of the Thesis | 第14页 |
| ·Viewpoints of the Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| ·Exploited Theories | 第15页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第15页 |
| ·Statements of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第19-35页 |
| ·An Overview of the Previous Study of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第19-24页 |
| ·Defining of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第19-22页 |
| ·Characteristics of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第22-24页 |
| ·Domestic Linguistic Studies of "-men" Words in Chinese | 第24-30页 |
| ·Morphological Studies | 第25-26页 |
| ·Syntactic Studies | 第26-27页 |
| ·Semantic Studies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Sociolinguistic Studies | 第28-30页 |
| ·Comments on Studies of "-men" Words in Chinese | 第30页 |
| ·Overseas Linguistic Studies of "-gate" Words in English | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第35-57页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-42页 |
| ·Definition and Nature of Conceptual Metaphor | 第36-40页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Words' Meaning | 第41-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第42-48页 |
| ·Definition and Nature of Conceptual Metonymy | 第42-44页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metonymy | 第44-47页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy and Words' Meaning | 第47-48页 |
| ·Grammaticalization | 第48-56页 |
| ·Definition of Grammaticalization | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Unidirectionality of Grammaticalization | 第51-53页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Grammaticalization | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Semantic Studies of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第57-79页 |
| ·Senses and Sense Chains of Gate | 第57-69页 |
| ·The Basic Sense of Gate and Its Features | 第58-60页 |
| ·Other Senses and Sense Chains of Gate | 第60-69页 |
| ·The Grammaticalization of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第69-73页 |
| ·Meaning Losing of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第69-72页 |
| ·Grammaticalizational Mechanism of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第72-73页 |
| ·Cognitive Context of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第73-76页 |
| ·Summary | 第76-79页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Motivation of "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第79-95页 |
| ·Psychological Motivation | 第79-86页 |
| ·Psychology of Simplifying | 第80-81页 |
| ·Psychology of Changing | 第81-84页 |
| ·Psychology of Conforming | 第84-86页 |
| ·Social Motivation | 第86-93页 |
| ·Influence of Cultural Memes | 第86-89页 |
| ·Influence of Slangs | 第89-90页 |
| ·Influence of Euphemism | 第90-92页 |
| ·Influence of Mass Media | 第92-93页 |
| ·Summary | 第93-95页 |
| Chapter Five Comparison between "-gate" Words in English and "-men" Words in Chinese | 第95-103页 |
| ·A Morphological Approach | 第95-99页 |
| ·Numbers of Syllables in Formation | 第95-96页 |
| ·Ways of Word Formation | 第96-97页 |
| ·The Attributive Part | 第97-99页 |
| ·A Semantic Approach | 第99-101页 |
| ·Senses of Gate and men | 第100页 |
| ·Degrees of Grammaticalization | 第100-101页 |
| ·A Pragmatic Approach | 第101-102页 |
| ·Summary | 第102-103页 |
| Conclusion | 第103-109页 |
| Bibliography | 第109-117页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第117-127页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第127-129页 |
