| Descriptive Abstract in Chinese | 第4-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Previous Researches on Language Variation and the Adverbsof Degree + Noun Structure | 第14-24页 |
| 1.1 Previous Researches on Language Variation | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1.1 Early Studies on Language Variation | 第14-15页 |
| 1.1.2 Constraints on Language Change | 第15-17页 |
| 1.1.3 Contact-Induced Language Change | 第17页 |
| 1.1.4 Syntactic Variation | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 Previous Researches on the Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第19-24页 |
| 1.2.1 Present Situation of the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2.2 Formal Linguistic Perspective on the Adverbs of Degree + NounStructure | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.3 Sociolinguistic Perspective on the Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure.111.2.4 Comments on the Previous Researches | 第21-22页 |
| 1.2.4 Comments on the Previous Researches | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第24-28页 |
| 2.1 Social Variables of Language | 第24-26页 |
| 2.2 Social Network | 第26页 |
| 2.3 Contributions of Spontaneous Speech Data for Linguistic Analysis | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第28-33页 |
| 3.1 Hypotheses | 第28页 |
| 3.2 Selection of Informants | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3 Data Collection | 第29-31页 |
| 3.3.1 Tape-recorded Spontaneous Speech | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.2 Observation of the Daily Speech | 第30页 |
| 3.3.3 Language Attitude Questionnaire Survey | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4 Data Processing | 第31-33页 |
| 3.4.1 Transcription of the Speech Data | 第31-32页 |
| 3.4.2 Distributional and Multivariant Analysis of the Speech Data | 第32页 |
| 3.4.3 Analysis of the Questionnaire Survey | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第33-48页 |
| 4.1 Distribution of the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第33-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Overall Distribution of the Use of Adverbs of Degree + NounStructure | 第33-34页 |
| 4.1.2 Use of Abstract Nouns | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.3 Use of Concrete Nouns | 第35-36页 |
| 4.1.4 Gender and the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.5 Age and the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun | 第37-38页 |
| 4.1.6 Occupation and the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.7 Educational Level and the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2 Multivariate Analysis | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3 People’s Attitudes to the Use of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第42-48页 |
| 4.3.1 Overall Attitudes of People towards the Adverbs of Degree + NounStructure | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.2 Different Attitudes of Males and Females | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3.3 Different Attitudes of Age Groups | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3.4 Different Attitudes of People with Different Educational Background | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3.5 Different Attitudes of People with Different Occupations | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter Five Causes for the Diffusion of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure and the Implications from the Research | 第48-56页 |
| 5.1 Linguistic Causes for the Diffusion of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure..38 | 第48-50页 |
| 5.1.1 Results of Linguistic Grammaticalization | 第48-49页 |
| 5.1.2 The Semantic Feature of Nouns | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2 Social Causes for the Diffusion of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第50-51页 |
| 5.2.1 Influence from Media | 第50页 |
| 5.2.2 Influence from Hong Kong and Cantonese | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3 Social Motivation for the Diffusion of the Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure | 第51-53页 |
| 5.3.1 Peer Pressure | 第51-52页 |
| 5.3.2 Pursuit of Originality | 第52-53页 |
| 5.3.3 Economical Principle of Language Use | 第53页 |
| 5.4 Implications from the Research | 第53-56页 |
| 5.4.1 Development of Adverbs of Degree + Noun Structure in the Future | 第54页 |
| 5.4.2 Language Variation and Language Planning | 第54-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| Works Cited | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-65页 |
| Appendix A | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix B | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix C | 第67-69页 |
| Appendix D | 第69-72页 |
| Informative Abstract in Chinese | 第72-75页 |
| Résumé and Publications since Entering the Program | 第75页 |
