| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Chapter I General Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter II Internet,English and Netspeak | 第12-24页 |
| 2．1 A Brief to the Internet | 第12-13页 |
| 2．2 An Introduction to Netspeak | 第13-16页 |
| 2．2．1 Netspeak:A New Language | 第13-14页 |
| 2．2．2 Netspeak:A Set of Conventions | 第14-16页 |
| 2．2．3 Netspeak:A Collection of Idioms,Slang and Abbreviations | 第16页 |
| 2．3 Relations Between the Internet,English and Netspeak | 第16-24页 |
| 2．3．1 The Internet and English | 第16-20页 |
| 2．3．2 English and Netspeak | 第20-22页 |
| 2．3．3 Netspeak and the Internet | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter III Theoretical Background and Literature Review | 第24-42页 |
| 3．1 Semantic Theories For Analysis of Netspeak | 第24-34页 |
| 3．1．1 Word,Meaning and Motivation | 第24-28页 |
| 3．1．2 Change of Meaning | 第28-34页 |
| 3．2 Pragmatic Theories For Analysis of Netspeak | 第34-40页 |
| 3．2．1 An Introduction to Pragmatics | 第34-35页 |
| 3．2．2 An Introduction to Theories of Politeness | 第35-40页 |
| 3．3 Literature Review | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter IV Linguistic Analysis of Netspeak | 第42-77页 |
| 4．1 A Lexical Analysis of Netspeak | 第43-56页 |
| 4．1．1 Word-Formation in English | 第43-44页 |
| 4．1．2 Netspeak Word-Formation | 第44-53页 |
| 4．1．3 Features of Netspeak Word-Formation | 第53-56页 |
| 4．2 A Semantic Analysis of Netspeak | 第56-70页 |
| 4．2．1 CausesforSemanticChangesofNetspeak | 第56-58页 |
| 4．2．2 NeologismsandPolysemyinNetspeak | 第58-65页 |
| 4．2．3 TendenciesinSemanticChangesofNetspeak | 第65-69页 |
| 4．2．4 SemanticFeaturesofNetspeak | 第69-70页 |
| 4．3 A Pragmatic Analysis of Netspeak | 第70-77页 |
| 4．3．1 FaceThreateningActsInNetspeak | 第70-73页 |
| 4．3．2 PolitenessStrategiesInNetspeak | 第73-75页 |
| 4．3．3 EmoticonsStrategies | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter V The Influences of Netspeakand Its Future | 第77-81页 |
| 5．1 The Influences of Netspeak | 第77-79页 |
| 5．1．1 On Business | 第77页 |
| 5．1．2 On Other News Media | 第77-78页 |
| 5．1．3 On Education | 第78-79页 |
| 5．2 The Future of Netspeak | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| 6．1 Linguistic Features of Netspeak | 第81-82页 |
| 6．2 Limitations of this Study | 第82页 |
| 6．3 Suggestions on Investigable Topicsin Future Research | 第82-84页 |
| Appendices | 第84页 |
| Appendix I Samples used in This Thesis and Their Sources | 第84-105页 |
| Bibliography | 第105-106页 |
