| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics:A New Approach to Lexicology | 第12-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Composition of the Dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-28页 |
| ·English Neologisms | 第17-23页 |
| ·Definition of English Neologism | 第17页 |
| ·Approaches to Make English Neologisms | 第17-21页 |
| ·Semantic Change | 第18-19页 |
| ·Constructing Neologisms | 第19-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies on English Neologisms | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies on English Neologisms Abroad | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies on English Neologisms in China | 第23页 |
| ·Some Basic Concepts in Cognitive Linguistics | 第23-27页 |
| ·Meaning | 第23-24页 |
| ·World Knowledge | 第24-25页 |
| ·Categorization and Category | 第25-26页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·A Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three An Analysis on Those Existing Words with New Meanings | 第28-37页 |
| ·An Analysis of New Meaning from the Perspective of Prototype Category | 第28-31页 |
| ·Prototype Changing with Meaning Extension | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Smoothness of Meaning Extension | 第31页 |
| ·Metonymy and Metaphor:Two Processes of Obtaining New Meaning | 第31-35页 |
| ·Metonymy and New Meaning | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metaphor and New Meaning | 第33-35页 |
| ·A Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis on Newly Constructed Words | 第37-47页 |
| ·Why Compound Words? | 第37页 |
| ·Cognitive Construction of Compounds | 第37-46页 |
| ·the Triggering Mechanism:Principles of Prominence and Attention | 第37-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanisms in the Construction of Compounds | 第38-42页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第39-40页 |
| ·Analogy | 第40-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration | 第42-45页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第42-43页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration in the Construction of Compounds | 第43-45页 |
| ·Informativeness on Words Choosing | 第45-46页 |
| ·A Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-51页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第47-48页 |
| ·Implications to English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning | 第48-50页 |
| ·To Expose Cognitive Motivations | 第48-49页 |
| ·To Throw Lights on Metaphor and Metonymy | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第50页 |
| ·Areas for Further Research | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文 | 第54页 |
