| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·The phenomenon of lettered-words | 第9-10页 |
| ·The research of lettered-words | 第10-11页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Aspects of lettered-words | 第13-27页 |
| ·The definition of lettered-words | 第13-15页 |
| ·Attitudes toward lettered-words in the Chinese linguistic circle | 第15-18页 |
| ·Negative attitude toward lettered-words | 第15-16页 |
| ·Positive attitude toward lettered-words | 第16-18页 |
| ·Classification of lettered-words | 第18-19页 |
| ·The written form of lettered-words | 第19-22页 |
| ·The written form of lettered-words concerning capitalization | 第19页 |
| ·Problems in the aspect of written form of lettered-words | 第19-22页 |
| ·How lettered-words are used | 第22-24页 |
| ·The rhetoric use of lettered-words | 第24-27页 |
| ·Lettered-words used in euphemism | 第24-25页 |
| ·Lettered-words used in metonymy | 第25页 |
| ·Lettered-words used in pun | 第25页 |
| ·Lettered-words used in numerical formulae | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three The historical development and the causes for the introduction of lettered-words | 第27-32页 |
| ·The historical development of lettered-words | 第27-28页 |
| ·The embryonic period and characteristics of lettered-words | 第27-28页 |
| ·The expansion period and characteristics of lettered-words | 第28页 |
| ·The causes for the introduction of lettered-words | 第28-32页 |
| ·The internal causes | 第29-30页 |
| ·The external causes | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four What happened to lettered-words over the process of assimilation into Chinese? | 第32-40页 |
| ·Phonetic changes | 第32-35页 |
| ·Tone addition | 第32-33页 |
| ·Phonetic substitution | 第33-35页 |
| ·Morphological changes | 第35-38页 |
| ·Inflection | 第36页 |
| ·The lexicalization of lettered-words | 第36-37页 |
| ·The conversion of lettered-words | 第37-38页 |
| ·Semantic changes | 第38-40页 |
| ·The original meaning is narrowed | 第38-39页 |
| ·The original meaning is broadened | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Five How have lettered-words got borrowed? | 第40-43页 |
| ·Code-switching | 第40-41页 |
| ·The differences between CS and borrowing | 第41页 |
| ·The process of lettered-words from CS to loanwords | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Six Conflicts brought by lettered-words and how to standardize them | 第43-59页 |
| ·Conflicts brought by lettered-words | 第43-44页 |
| ·Conflicts brought by the pronunciation of lettered-words | 第43页 |
| ·Conflicts brought by the written form of lettered-words | 第43-44页 |
| ·The obscurity of meaning of lettered-words | 第44页 |
| ·How to standardize lettered-words | 第44-47页 |
| ·The general principles for the standardization of lettered-words | 第44-45页 |
| ·The concrete measures for the standardization of lettered-words | 第45-47页 |
| ·The inclusion of lettered-words in the dictionary | 第47-59页 |
| ·Lettered-words taken into the dictionaries | 第48-51页 |
| ·The concrete problems concerning the inclusion of lettered-words in the dictionary | 第51-59页 |
| ·The listing of lettered-words | 第52-55页 |
| ·The phonetic transcription of lettered-words | 第55-56页 |
| ·The definition of lettered-words | 第56-57页 |
| ·The selection of entries | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-63页 |
