| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Definition of Concept and Conceptual Combination | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of Conceptual Combination Researches | 第10-11页 |
| ·Role of Nouns Used as Modifications | 第11-12页 |
| ·Motivation for Studying Noun-Noun Compound Conceptual Combination | 第12-14页 |
| ·A Brief Review of the Five Main Theories in Conceptual Combination Research | 第14-22页 |
| ·Schema Modification Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·CARIN (Competition Among Relation in Nominals) Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·Interactive Property Attribution Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Constraint Satisfaction Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Dual Process Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Brief Summary | 第21-22页 |
| ·Framework of This Thesis | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 2 Relevant Aspects on Conceptual Combination and Experiment | 第23-36页 |
| ·Background Introduction of Experiment | 第23-26页 |
| ·Three Ways of Combining Nouns | 第23-24页 |
| ·Four Kinds of Interpretations of Noun Combinations | 第24页 |
| ·Two Particularly Semantic Characters of Conceptual Combinations | 第24-25页 |
| ·Purpose of My Experiment | 第25-26页 |
| ·Design of Experiment | 第26-36页 |
| ·Phase 1: Judge the Similarity and Dissimilarity Degree of Stimuli | 第26-31页 |
| ·Phase 2: Examine the Interpretations and the Times on Understanding Novel Noun-Noun Combinations | 第31-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Preliminary Analysis on Experiment | 第36-43页 |
| ·Relationship between Similarity and the Way of Interpretation | 第36-37页 |
| ·On the Last Resort Hypothesis | 第37-38页 |
| ·Relationship between Similarity and Emergent Properties | 第38-39页 |
| ·Preliminary analysis | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter 4 General Discussion on Fusion with Conceptual Integration Theory | 第43-60页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第43-48页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第43-44页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration | 第44-48页 |
| ·Further Analysis in Fusions with Conceptual Integration Theory | 第48-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第48-49页 |
| ·Case Study One: Electricity Heroin | 第49-52页 |
| ·Case Study Two: Information Highway | 第52-55页 |
| ·Emergent Properties | 第55-58页 |
| ·Similarity and Emergent Properties | 第55-57页 |
| ·Generating Process of Emergent Properties | 第57-58页 |
| ·The World Knowledge | 第58-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix A 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的论文 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix B The average similarity degree for each phrase | 第68-73页 |
| Appendix C The Relationship between Interpretation Strategy and Similarity of 46 Combinations | 第73-81页 |
| The Relationship between Interpretation Strategy and Similarity of 16 Particular Combinations | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix D The Interpretations of Leopard Lion | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix E The Interpretations of Electricity Heroin | 第84-88页 |
| Appendix F The Interpretations of Information Highway | 第88-91页 |
| Appendix G The Interpretations of Apron Husband | 第91-94页 |
| Appendix H The Interpretations of 6 examples | 第94-96页 |
| Appendix I 中文摘要 | 第96-98页 |
