| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| ·Aim of the Study | 第11页 |
| ·Status Quo of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Contents of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Motivation and the Studies on Motivation | 第13-22页 |
| ·Concept of Motivation | 第13-14页 |
| ·Two Problems Relevant to Motivation | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Motivation and Inner Form | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Motivation and Arbitrariness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classification of Motivation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classification of Motivation Based on the Study | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Comparative Study of English and Chinese Lexical Motivation | 第22-49页 |
| ·Phonetic Motivation of English and Chinese Words | 第22-26页 |
| ·Pattern of English and Chinese Onomatopoeic Words | 第23-24页 |
| ·Phonetic Form of English and Chinese Onomatopoeic Words | 第24-25页 |
| ·Functions of English and Chinese Onomatopoeic Words | 第25-26页 |
| ·Morphological Motivation of English and Chinese Vocabulary | 第26-40页 |
| ·Motivation in Compounds | 第26-30页 |
| ·Motivation in Derivatives | 第30-33页 |
| ·Motivation in Abbreviation | 第33-38页 |
| ·Motivation in Abbreviation in English | 第33-35页 |
| ·Motivation in Abbreviation in Chinese | 第35-38页 |
| ·Motivation in Conversion | 第38-39页 |
| ·Motivation in Back-formed words | 第39页 |
| ·Motivation in Reduplicatives | 第39-40页 |
| ·Semantic Motivation of English and Chinese Words | 第40-45页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第42页 |
| ·Synecdoche | 第42-43页 |
| ·Analogy | 第43-45页 |
| ·Etymological Motivation | 第45-47页 |
| ·Writing Motivation | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Application of Lexical Motivation to English Teaching | 第49-71页 |
| ·The Application of English Lexical Motivation to English Vocabulary Teaching | 第49-63页 |
| ·Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge | 第50-51页 |
| ·Teaching by Phonetic Motivation | 第51页 |
| ·Teaching by Morphological Motivation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Teaching by Semantic Motivation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Teaching by Etymological Motivation | 第55-57页 |
| ·Principles of Vocabulary Teaching under Lexical Motivation | 第57-63页 |
| ·The Application of Comparative Study of English and Chinese Lexical Motivation to Translation Teaching | 第63-71页 |
| ·Functional Equivalence | 第64-65页 |
| ·Phonetic Motivation and Translation | 第65-66页 |
| ·Morphological Motivation and Translation | 第66-68页 |
| ·Semantic Motivation and Translation | 第68-69页 |
| ·Etymological Motivation and Translation | 第69-70页 |
| ·Writing Motivation and Translation | 第70-71页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-75页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第75页 |
