| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第14页 |
| ·Data collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Relevant studies on netspeak | 第16-21页 |
| ·Netspeak and chatrooms | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definitions of netspeak | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research subjects of netspeak | 第18页 |
| ·Chatrooms | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous research of netspeak | 第19-21页 |
| ·Overseas research of netspeak | 第19-20页 |
| ·Domestic research of netspeak | 第20-21页 |
| ·Related studies on memetics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Relationship between memetics, culture and society | 第21-22页 |
| ·Relationship between memetics and linguistic studies | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies of memetics in China | 第23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-33页 |
| ·The Memetic Theory | 第24-29页 |
| ·Origin and definition of meme | 第24-26页 |
| ·Some relevant concepts of meme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Genotype meme and phenotype meme | 第26-27页 |
| ·Strong meme and weak meme | 第27页 |
| ·Criteria of meme selection | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Adaptation Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Memetic adaptation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Memetic Analysis of Netspeak | 第33-46页 |
| ·Relationship between language and memes | 第33-34页 |
| ·Language as the primary medium of spreading memes | 第33-34页 |
| ·Memes influencing language | 第34页 |
| ·Memetic study on netspeak | 第34-40页 |
| ·Memes on the net | 第34-35页 |
| ·Criteria of meme selection in netspeak | 第35-40页 |
| ·Simplicity | 第35-38页 |
| ·Practicality | 第38页 |
| ·Novelty | 第38-39页 |
| ·Expressivity | 第39-40页 |
| ·Memes in the transmission of netspeak | 第40-45页 |
| ·The genotype meme transmission of netspeak | 第41-43页 |
| ·The same language meme transmitted directly | 第41-42页 |
| ·The same language meme spread in different forms | 第42-43页 |
| ·The phenotype meme transmission of netspeak | 第43-45页 |
| ·The same form and content conveying different meaning | 第43-44页 |
| ·The similar form conveying different meanings | 第44页 |
| ·The same form and different contents conveying different meanings | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter Five Memetic Adaptation to Netspeak | 第46-56页 |
| ·Netspeak meme as linguistic choices | 第46-47页 |
| ·Netspeak meme as a realization of linguistic adaptation | 第47页 |
| ·Dynamic process of netspeak adaptation | 第47-54页 |
| ·Framework of adaptability | 第48页 |
| ·Adaptation to the mental world | 第48-50页 |
| ·Psychological motivation of communicators | 第48-49页 |
| ·Cognitive element of communicators | 第49-50页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social world | 第50-53页 |
| ·Social convention | 第51页 |
| ·Analysis | 第51-53页 |
| ·Adaptation to the physical world | 第53-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第57页 |
| ·Limitations and prospects for future research | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-62页 |
