| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第8-23页 |
| ·DEFINITIONS | 第15-17页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY | 第17-19页 |
| ·RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES | 第19-20页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-37页 |
| ·LINGUISTIC STUDY ON NOMINAL COMPOUNDS | 第23-32页 |
| ·CONTEMPORARY TRANSLATION THEORIES IN FOCUS | 第32-37页 |
| CHAPTER 3 - NOMINAL COMPOUNDS: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS | 第37-56页 |
| ·RATIONALE FOR DATA COLLECTION | 第37页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS | 第37-43页 |
| ·FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PREMODIFIER OR PREMODIFIERS AND THE HEAD | 第43-47页 |
| ·ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURES OF COMPLEX NOMINAL COMPOUNDS | 第47-52页 |
| ·ORTHOGRAPHICAL FORMS OF COMPLEX NOMINAL COMPOUNDS | 第52-56页 |
| CHAPTER 4 - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS | 第56-61页 |
| ·RATIONALE FOR DATA COLLECTION | 第56页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS | 第56-61页 |
| CHAPTER 5 –AMBIGUITY OF COMPLEX NOMINAL COMPOUNDS AND THEIR TRANSLATION | 第61-70页 |
| ·AMBIGUITY OF COMPLEX NOMINAL COMPOUNDS | 第61-62页 |
| ·TRANSLATION OF COMPLEX NOMINAL COMPOUNDS | 第62-70页 |
| CHAPTER 6 - CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY | 第70-72页 |
| ·CONCLUSION | 第70-71页 |
| ·SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY | 第71-72页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第72-76页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第76-77页 |
| 个人简历 | 第77页 |
