| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·The Internet and Netspeak | 第12-16页 |
| ·Netspeak | 第12-14页 |
| ·Netspeak as a New Language Variety | 第14-16页 |
| ·Objective of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Questions | 第17-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Present Paper | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第21-26页 |
| ·Studies of Netspeak Abroad | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies of Netspeak at Home | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第26-32页 |
| ·Language Variety | 第26-28页 |
| ·Theory of Cohesion | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis (CA) | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four Lexical Features of Netspeak | 第32-38页 |
| ·Word-Formation of Netspeak | 第32-35页 |
| ·Major Ways | 第32-33页 |
| ·Minor Ways | 第33-35页 |
| ·Features of Word-Formation of Netspeak | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Five Syntactic Features of Netspeak | 第38-47页 |
| ·The Principle of Simplicity | 第38-42页 |
| ·Short Sentences | 第38-39页 |
| ·Simple Sentences | 第39-40页 |
| ·Incomplete and Elliptical Sentences | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Functional Types of Sentences | 第42-44页 |
| ·Interrogative Sentences | 第42-43页 |
| ·Exclamatory Sentences | 第43-44页 |
| ·Featured Use of Capitalization | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Six Textual Features of Netspeak | 第47-61页 |
| ·Emoticons Strategies in Chat Rooms | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cohesion Analysis on Netspeak in Chat Rooms | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Use of Cohesive Ties in Chat Rooms | 第49-50页 |
| ·Features of Cohesive Ties in Chat Rooms | 第50-52页 |
| ·Conversation Analysis on Netspeak in Chat Rooms | 第52-61页 |
| ·Intertwining Streams of Conversation | 第53-56页 |
| ·Turn-Taking | 第56-58页 |
| ·Adjacency Pairs | 第58-59页 |
| ·Overlap and Silence | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Main Findings and Implications | 第61-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Future Study | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71页 |
