| 1 INTRODUCTION | 第1-14页 |
| 1．1 Definition of Chinese Ending "Xing" and Its English Equivalents | 第9-10页 |
| 1．2 Previous Research and Findings | 第10-11页 |
| 1．3 Motivations of the use of the Suffix "Xing" | 第11-14页 |
| 1．3．1 Motivation of Social Elements | 第11-12页 |
| 1．3．2 Motivation of Psychological Elements | 第12-13页 |
| 1．3．3 Motivation of Cultural Elements | 第13-14页 |
| 2 ETYMOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF CHINESE ENDING "XING" AND ITS ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS | 第14-19页 |
| 2．1 etymology and Evolution of the Chinese Ending "Xing" | 第14-16页 |
| 2．1．1 Etymology of the Character "Xing" | 第14-15页 |
| 2．1．2 The Origin of the Suffix "Xing" | 第15-16页 |
| 2．2 Etymology and Evolution of English Derivatives | 第16-19页 |
| 2．2．1 The Origin of Noun-Forming Suffix -ity | 第16-17页 |
| 2．2．2 The Origin of Noun-Forming Suffix -ty 1 | 第17页 |
| 2．2．3 The Origin of Noun-Forming Suffix -cy 1 | 第17页 |
| 2．2．4 The Origin of Noun-Forming Suffix -once (-ence) | 第17页 |
| 2．2．5 The Origin of Noun-Forming Suffix -ness | 第17-19页 |
| 3 THE CHINESE ENDING "XING" AND ITSCORRESPONDENTS FROM THE ANGLE OF MORPHOLOGY | 第19-27页 |
| 3．1 The Definition of Morphology and Its Scope | 第19页 |
| 3．2 Structure of the Chinese Words with the Ending "Xing" | 第19-22页 |
| 3．3 Structure of the English Equivalents | 第22-25页 |
| 3．4 Structural Differences Between the Ending "Xing" and Its English Correspondents | 第25-27页 |
| 4 THE SEMANTIC DESCRIPTIONS ON THE CHINESE ENDING "XING" AND ITS ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS | 第27-34页 |
| 4．1 The Basic meaning of the Chinese ending "Xing" and its English CORRESPONDENTS | 第27-30页 |
| 4．1．1 The Abstraction of Meaning | 第27-28页 |
| 4．1．2 The Basic Significance of Its Abstraction | 第28-30页 |
| 4．2 Semantic Changes of the Chinese Ending "Xing" | 第30-34页 |
| 4．2．1 The Extension of Meaning | 第31页 |
| 4．2．2 The Complete Change of Meaning | 第31-34页 |
| 5 A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE ENDING "XING" AND ITS ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS | 第34-40页 |
| 5．1 General Description of the syntactic Change of the Ending "Xing" | 第34-35页 |
| 5．2 The Sentence Structure Change of the Noun "W-Xing" | 第35-40页 |
| 6 A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE ENDING "XING" | 第40-44页 |
| 6．1 the Cooperative Principle and the usage of the Ending "Xing" | 第40-41页 |
| 6．1．1 The Principle of Economy | 第40-41页 |
| 6．1．2 The Principle of Abstraction | 第41页 |
| 6．2 The Rhetorical Intention on the Use of the ending "Xing" | 第41-44页 |
| 7 THE CHINESE ENDING "XING" AND ITS ENGLISH CORRESPONDENTS IN MUTUAL TRANSLATING AND TRANSLATIONS | 第44-55页 |
| 7．1 literal Translation | 第44-47页 |
| 7．1．1 The Translation of Simple Suffixes | 第45-46页 |
| 7．1．2 The Translation of Compound Suffixes | 第46页 |
| 7．1．3 The Translation of Words or Phrases | 第46-47页 |
| 7．2 The Multiple Capability of liberal Translation | 第47-52页 |
| 7．3 Overuse and Misuse ofthe Ending "Xing" | 第52-55页 |
| 8 CONCLUSION | 第55-57页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第57-60页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第60-61页 |
| PUBLICATIONS WHILE REGISTERED WITH THE MA PROGRAM | 第61页 |
