| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Register of Netspeak in Internet Chat Rooms | 第12-14页 |
| ·Field of Discourse | 第12-13页 |
| ·Mode of Discourse | 第13-14页 |
| ·Tenor of Discourse | 第14页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| ·Netspeak | 第17-19页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Metaphor Theories | 第19-22页 |
| ·Metaphor Study in History | 第19-20页 |
| ·Similarity in Metaphor and Its Classification | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Theory of Type Hierarchy | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Theories of Conversational Analysis | 第22-24页 |
| ·Turn | 第23页 |
| ·Turn-taking | 第23-24页 |
| ·Adjacency Pairs | 第24页 |
| ·Netspeak Studies abroad and in China | 第24-28页 |
| ·Netspeak Studies abroad | 第24-26页 |
| ·Netspeak Studies in China | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Lexical Features of Netspeak | 第28-37页 |
| ·Metaphors Based on Physical Similarity | 第28-31页 |
| ·Similarity in the Sense of Listening | 第28-30页 |
| ·Similarity in the Sense of Seeing | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metaphor Based on Psychological Similarity | 第31-34页 |
| ·Psychological Similarity based on the Combination of Physical Properties and Cultural Connotation | 第32页 |
| ·Psychological Similarity Based on Physiological Experience | 第32-33页 |
| ·Psychological Similarity Based on Cultural Factors | 第33页 |
| ·Psychological Similarity Based on Historical Background | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metaphor Based on Type Hierarchy Theory | 第34-37页 |
| ·Clippings | 第34-35页 |
| ·Acronyms | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Syntactic Features of Netspeak | 第37-43页 |
| ·The Use of Simple, Short and Incomplete Sentences | 第37-38页 |
| ·Colloquial Forms | 第38页 |
| ·The Use of Acronym Sentences | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Unconventional Use of Punctuations | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Omission of Punctuations | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Overuse of Punctuations | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Unconventional Use of English Letters | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Neglection of Capitalization | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Overuse of Capitalization or Repetition of Letters | 第42页 |
| ·Pidgin English | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Five Conversation Analysis of Netspeak | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Components of Turns in Chat Rooms | 第43-46页 |
| ·Words | 第43-44页 |
| ·Sentences | 第44-45页 |
| ·Special Language Signs | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Features of Turn-taking | 第46-49页 |
| ·The First Rule of Turn-taking | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Second Rule of Turn-taking | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Third Rule of Turn-taking | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Features of Adjacency Pairs in Chat Rooms | 第49-53页 |
| ·Disruption of Adjacency Pairs of One Turn to One | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Pairs of One Turn to Several | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Pairs of Several Turns to One | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix One Part of Chinese data in Internet chat rooms | 第57-65页 |
| Appendix Two Part of English data in Internet chat rooms | 第65-70页 |
