| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Lists of Figures | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-35页 |
| ·Nominal Compounds | 第15-23页 |
| ·N-N compounds in English | 第18-19页 |
| ·The classification of N-N compounds | 第19-21页 |
| ·The difference between N-N compounds and noun phrases | 第21-23页 |
| ·N-N Compounds from Formal and Structural Perspectives | 第23-31页 |
| ·The formal approach | 第23-28页 |
| ·The structural approach | 第28-31页 |
| ·N-N Compounds from the Cognitive Approach | 第31-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework and Methodology | 第35-49页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第36-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第42-45页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending | 第45-47页 |
| ·Methodology | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four The Cognitive Semantic Analysis of English N-N Compounds | 第49-75页 |
| ·Metaphor-based N-N Compounds | 第49-59页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon the modifier | 第50-51页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon the profile determinant | 第51-54页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon both parts of the compound | 第54-57页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon the semantic relation | 第57-58页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon the whole compounds | 第58-59页 |
| ·Metonymy based N-N Compounds | 第59-69页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the modifier | 第60-63页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the profile determinant | 第63-65页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon both parts of the compound | 第65-66页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the whole compounds | 第66-67页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the semantic relation | 第67-69页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy Act upon N-N Compounds | 第69-75页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the modifier and metaphor acts on the semantic relations | 第70-71页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the profile determinant and metaphor acts upon the semantic relations of the two parts | 第71-72页 |
| ·Metonymy acts upon the modifier and metaphor upon the profile determinant | 第72-73页 |
| ·Metaphor acts upon the modifier and metonymy upon the profile determinant | 第73-75页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第75-79页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第75-78页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-84页 |
| Article Published During M.A. Study | 第84-85页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第85页 |
