| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-20页 |
| ·Preamble | 第8页 |
| ·Objective of the research | 第8-9页 |
| ·Approaches to the research | 第9页 |
| ·Data collection | 第9-16页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第16-17页 |
| ·Innovation | 第17-19页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Related Researches on Compounding in English and Theoretical Construct | 第20-54页 |
| ·Introduction of compound nouns | 第20-29页 |
| ·Definition of compound nouns | 第20-22页 |
| ·Orthography of compound nouns | 第22-23页 |
| ·Differences from noun phrases and idioms | 第23-28页 |
| ·Classification of compound nouns | 第28-29页 |
| ·Related researches on compounding | 第29-41页 |
| ·Phonological studies | 第29-30页 |
| ·Structural studies | 第30-34页 |
| ·Part-of-speech analysis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Syntactic analysis | 第31-34页 |
| ·Semantic studies | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Componential Analysis and compounds | 第34-35页 |
| ·The internal semantic relations of compounds | 第35-37页 |
| ·Cognitive approaches | 第37-41页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration and compounds | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metaphor,metonymy and compounds | 第38-39页 |
| ·ICM and compounds | 第39页 |
| ·Basic level category and compounds | 第39-41页 |
| ·Theoretical construct of this paper | 第41-54页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第41-46页 |
| ·A development from Conceptual Metaphor Theory(CMT)and Mental Space Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·The four mental spaces of Conceptual Integration and the mapping between them | 第42-44页 |
| ·The emergent structure and the three cognitive processes | 第44-45页 |
| ·The compression of Conceptual Integration | 第45页 |
| ·Optimality principles of Conceptual Integration | 第45-46页 |
| ·The application of Conceptual Integration | 第46-48页 |
| ·Other cognitive terms used | 第48-49页 |
| ·Syntactic relations:attribution,coordination and subordination | 第49-51页 |
| ·Semantic relations:endocentric and exocentric | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 3 Theory Application and Analysis of Compound Nouns in English | 第54-71页 |
| ·Subordinative N+N compounds | 第55-60页 |
| ·Endocentric ones and simplex network | 第55-59页 |
| ·Exocentric ones | 第59-60页 |
| ·Attributive N+N compounds | 第60-63页 |
| ·Endocentric ones and simplex network | 第60-62页 |
| ·Exocentric ones | 第62-63页 |
| ·Coordinative N+N compounds | 第63-66页 |
| ·Endocentric ones and mirror network | 第63-64页 |
| ·Exocentric ones and double-scope network | 第64-66页 |
| ·Other compound nouns | 第66-70页 |
| ·Adj+N compound nouns | 第66页 |
| ·Pseudo-compounds | 第66-67页 |
| ·V+Adv compound nouns | 第67-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion of the Research and Other Related Findings | 第71-77页 |
| ·Conclusion of the research | 第71-74页 |
| ·Other related findings | 第74-77页 |
| ·Possible cognitive abilities | 第74-75页 |
| ·Differentiation of compounds from noncompounds | 第75-76页 |
| ·Possible new words in future | 第76-77页 |
| Chapter 5 Implications and Limitations of the Research | 第77-83页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第77-79页 |
| ·Implications for the teaching and learning of English | 第77-79页 |
| ·Implications for Artificial Intelligence | 第79页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and future research prospects | 第79-83页 |
| References | 第83-90页 |
| Appendix 1:Samples of the compound nouns analyzed in the research(the first 30 out of 5566) | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix 2:Samples of controversial compound nouns and their etymology(the first 10 out of 102) | 第92-94页 |
| 个人简介 | 第94-95页 |
| 导师简介 | 第95-96页 |
| 获得成果目录清单 | 第96-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97页 |
