| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Background information | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Research purpose and significance | 第10-12页 |
| 1.3 Research methods | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter2 Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| 2.1 A Review of previous researches on netspeak | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Naming | 第14页 |
| 2.1.2 Defining | 第14-15页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies abroad | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.4 Studies at home | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 A review of development of sociolinguistics | 第18-23页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition and research focus | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies abroad | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.3 Studies at home | 第21-23页 |
| 2.3 A review of research perspectives of netspeak | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter3 Theoretical Framework | 第25-32页 |
| 3.1 A sociolinguistic approach to language variation | 第25-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Language variation | 第26页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of language variation | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2 William Bright’s co-variance theory of language and society | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Society as a variable | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.2 Language as a variable | 第30页 |
| 3.3 Speech community | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter4 A Comparative Study of Language Variation in English and Chinese Netspeak | 第32-45页 |
| 4.1 Phonological variations in English and Chinese netspeak | 第32-34页 |
| 4.1.1 Homophones | 第32-33页 |
| 4.1.2 Onomatopoeia | 第33-34页 |
| 4.1.3 Reduplication in Chinese netspeak | 第34页 |
| 4.2 Lexical variation in English and Chinese netspeak | 第34-42页 |
| 4.2.1 Derivation | 第35-36页 |
| 4.2.2 Shortening | 第36-38页 |
| 4.2.3 Invention | 第38-40页 |
| 4.2.4 Borrowing | 第40-42页 |
| 4.3 Grammatical variation in English and Chinese netspeak | 第42-45页 |
| 4.3.1 Simplicity of the sentence structure | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3.2 Conversion of part of speech as constituent | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter5 An Analysis of the causes of the Similarities and Differences between English and ChineseNetspeak | 第45-51页 |
| 5.1 An analysis of the causes of the similarities between English and Chinese netspeak | 第45-48页 |
| 5.1.1 Objective causes | 第45-47页 |
| 5.1.2 Subjective causes | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 An analysis of the causes of the differences between English and Chinese netspeak | 第48-51页 |
| 5.2.1 Different language systems | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2.2 Different socio-cultural states | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter6 Conclusions | 第51-54页 |
| 6.1 Discoveries in the research | 第51-52页 |
| 6.2 Limitations | 第52-53页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for further studies | 第53-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57页 |
