| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| Chapter one Literature Review | 第18-30页 |
| 1.1 Previous Studies of Affixes | 第18-20页 |
| 1.2 Previous Studies of Quasi-affixes | 第20-29页 |
| 1.2.1 Semantic Approach to Quasi-affixes | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2.2 Pragmatic Approach to Quasi-affixes | 第23-25页 |
| 1.2.3 Cognitive Approach to Quasi-affixes | 第25-27页 |
| 1.2.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Previous Studies | 第27-29页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation of the Research | 第30-52页 |
| 2.1 Idealized Cognitive Model Theory | 第30-42页 |
| 2.1.1 Main Ideas of the Idealized Cognitive Model Theory | 第31-33页 |
| 2.1.2 Working Mechanism of the Idealized Cognitive Mode Theory | 第33-42页 |
| 2.2 Conceptual Blending Theory | 第42-49页 |
| 2.2.1 Main Ideas of the Conceptual Blending Theory | 第42-46页 |
| 2.2.2 Working Mechanism of the Conceptual Blending Theory | 第46-49页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Three Classifications and Word-building Features of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第52-70页 |
| 3.1 Definition and Classification of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第52-60页 |
| 3.1.1 Dennition of Quasi-affixes | 第53-54页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第54-60页 |
| 3.2 Word-building Features of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第60-68页 |
| 3.2.1 Semantic Weakening and Bleaching | 第60-63页 |
| 3.2.2 Relatively-fixed Position | 第63-64页 |
| 3.2.3 Productivity | 第64-66页 |
| 3.2.4 Relative Disability of Standing Alone as Words | 第66-67页 |
| 3.2.5 Grammatical Generalization Function | 第67-68页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Four Meaning Construction of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第70-118页 |
| 4.1 Meaning Construction of English Quasi-affixes | 第70-84页 |
| 4.1.1 Metaphorical Meaning of English Quasi-affixes | 第70-73页 |
| 4.1.2 Metonymical Meaning of English Quasi-affixes | 第73-84页 |
| 4.2 Meaning Construction of Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第84-110页 |
| 4.2.1 Metaphorical Meaning of Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第84-105页 |
| 4.2.2 Metonymical Meaning of Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第105-110页 |
| 4.3 Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Semantic Mechanism of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第110-115页 |
| 4.3.1 Similarities of the Semantic Mechanism of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第110-112页 |
| 4.3.2 Dissimilarities of the Semantic Mechanism of English and Chinese Quasi-affixes | 第112-115页 |
| 4.4 Summary | 第115-118页 |
| Conclusion | 第118-124页 |
| Bibliography | 第124-130页 |
| Appendix | 第130-132页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第132-134页 |
