| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第11-16页 |
| ·A Brief Review of the Previous Research on Loan Words in Chinese | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Contents | 第12-14页 |
| ·A general study of loan words in Chinese | 第12-13页 |
| ·The phenomenon of prevailing letter words in Chinese | 第13页 |
| ·The changing attitude of the Chinese language toward loan words and its reasons | 第13-14页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Significance | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two LOAN WORDS IN CHINESE | 第16-26页 |
| ·The Theory of Language Contact & Language Borrowing | 第16-22页 |
| ·The Theory of Language Contact | 第16-18页 |
| ·Language borrowing—loan words | 第18-21页 |
| ·The three peak periods of borrowing words into Chinese | 第21-22页 |
| ·Classification of Loan Words in Terms of the way of borrowing | 第22-26页 |
| ·Phonetic loans | 第23页 |
| ·Translation loans | 第23-24页 |
| ·Hybrids | 第24页 |
| ·Loanshift | 第24页 |
| ·Graphic loans | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three THE PREVAILING LETTER WORDS IN CHINESE | 第26-44页 |
| ·The Sociolinguistic Phenomenon—The Popularity of Letter Words in Chinese | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Definition of Letter Words in Chinese | 第32-34页 |
| ·Classification of Letter Words in Chinese | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pure letter words | 第34页 |
| ·Mixed letter words | 第34-35页 |
| ·Chinese Pinyin letter words | 第35页 |
| ·The Distribution Field of Letter Words in Chinese | 第35-36页 |
| ·Letter words in politics | 第35页 |
| ·Letter words in economics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Letter words in culture | 第36页 |
| ·Letter words in science and technology | 第36页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Letter Words in Chinese | 第36-39页 |
| ·Simplicity | 第37页 |
| ·Vividness | 第37-38页 |
| ·International acceptability | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Impact of Letter Words upon Chinese Language System | 第39-42页 |
| ·Positive influence of letter words upon Chinese | 第39-40页 |
| ·Enriching Chinese vocabulary | 第39-40页 |
| ·Accelerating the internationalization of the Chinese language | 第40页 |
| ·Negative influence of letter words upon Chinese | 第40-42页 |
| ·Weakening the stability of Chinese character system | 第41页 |
| ·Bringing some inconvenience to the Chinese people's communication | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Standardization of Letter Words in Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four THE CHANGING ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TOWARD LOAN WORDS | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Changing Attitude of the Chinese Language toward Loan Words;A Historical Review | 第44-47页 |
| ·The attitude of repulsiveness toward loan words in Chinese | 第44-45页 |
| ·The attitude of acceptance toward loan words in Chinese | 第45-46页 |
| ·The attitude of dialectics toward loan words in Chinese | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Five REASONS FOR THE CHANGING ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TOWARD LOAN WORDS | 第47-59页 |
| ·Social Explanations | 第47-48页 |
| ·Cultural Explanations | 第48-51页 |
| ·Cultural imbalance between English and Chinese | 第48-50页 |
| ·Influenced by traditional Chinese language civilization | 第50-51页 |
| ·Linguistic Explanations | 第51-56页 |
| ·The Principle of Economy in language use | 第51-52页 |
| ·The function of semantic ambiguity of loan words | 第52-53页 |
| ·Euphemistic function of loan words | 第53-55页 |
| ·Diverse translations of loan words lead to direct borrowing | 第55-56页 |
| ·Psychological Explanations | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter SixCONCLUSION | 第59-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
