| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·History of the Internet | 第11页 |
| ·Netizens and Their Language | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第14页 |
| ·Structure of Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Previous Research on CMC and Internet-speak | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Representative Study Abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Representative Study in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework:Relevance Theory | 第19-27页 |
| ·Background of Relevance Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·What is Relevance? | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestness | 第21-23页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communications | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Internet-speak and Its Categories | 第27-37页 |
| ·Internet-speak | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Origin of Internet-speak | 第27页 |
| ·The Definition of Internet-speak | 第27-29页 |
| ·Categorization of Internet-speak | 第29-37页 |
| ·English Interent-speak | 第29-32页 |
| ·Chinese Internet-speak | 第32-35页 |
| ·Shared Forms in Both English and Chinese Internet-speaks | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Analysis of Internet-speak from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第37-54页 |
| ·The Context of Internet-speak | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Openness of the Internet | 第38页 |
| ·The Low Efficiency of Output by the Keyboard | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Anonymity of the Internet Environment | 第39页 |
| ·The Netiquette of the Internet | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41页 |
| ·Internet-speak and Relevance | 第41-46页 |
| ·Contextual Effect and the Proper Choice of Contexts | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Processing Effort of the Internet-speak Users | 第43-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Environments and Mutual Manifestness of the Internet-speak User | 第46-49页 |
| ·Cognitive Environments of the Netizens | 第46-47页 |
| ·Mutual Manifestness of the Internet-speak User | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| ·Internet-speak and Ostensive-Inferential Communications | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Ostensive-Inferential Process of Internet-speak | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Economical Efficiency:Optimal Relevance of the Internet-speak | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第55页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第59页 |
