| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Motivation and Methodology of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Layout of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-25页 |
| ·Defining the Chinese and English Noun-noun Compound | 第18-20页 |
| ·Definition of Compound | 第18页 |
| ·The Delimitation of Compound and Phrase | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Definition of the Noun-noun Compound | 第20页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Previous Researches | 第20-25页 |
| ·Research from Abroad and at Home | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Comparative Analysis of Noun Compound | 第22-23页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Researches | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Semantics as the Theoretic Foundation | 第25-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Semantics and its Four Assumptions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Related Theories within Cognitive Semantics | 第26-32页 |
| ·Categorization | 第26页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Image Schema | 第26-28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第28-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic Relations of Noun-noun Compound | 第32-38页 |
| ·Syntactic Structure Relationships between its Constituents of Noun-noun Compound | 第32-33页 |
| ·Semantic Relations between its Constituents of Noun-noun Compound | 第33-38页 |
| ·Endocentric and Exocentric Compound | 第33-34页 |
| ·Semantic Relationships of Noun-noun Compound | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Five The Comparative Study of Noun-noun compound between English and Chinese | 第38-60页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Approach to Noun-noun Compound | 第38-45页 |
| ·Metaphor-based Modifier | 第38-40页 |
| ·Maphor-based Profile Determinant | 第40-41页 |
| ·Metaphor-based Modifier and Profile Determinant | 第41-43页 |
| ·Metaphor-based Semantic Relationships between its Constituents of the Noun-noun Compound | 第43-45页 |
| ·Double-layer Metaphor of Relationship | 第45页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Approach to the Noun-noun Compound | 第45-51页 |
| ·Metonymy-based Modifier | 第46页 |
| ·Metonymy-based Profile Determinant | 第46-48页 |
| ·Metonymy-based Modifier and Profile Determinant | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Compound as a Whole to be Metonymical | 第49-50页 |
| ·Metonymy-based Relation between the Two Constituents of the Compound | 第50-51页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Approach to the Noun-noun Compound | 第51-54页 |
| ·Analogy Approach to Noun-noun Compound | 第54-55页 |
| ·Categorization Approach to Noun-noun Compound | 第55页 |
| ·Similaritites and Differences | 第55-60页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences | 第56-58页 |
| ·Reasons for Similarities and Differences | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and Prospects for Further Research | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-67页 |
