| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·The Background and Significance of This Study | 第8页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第8-12页 |
| ·The Research Scope and Objectives of This Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Research Methodology of This Study | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 1 Cognitive Basis for Chinese Lexical Abbreviation | 第14-20页 |
| ·Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics | 第14-16页 |
| ·Metonymy as the Cognitive Basis for Chinese Lexical Abbreviation | 第16-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 2 The Motivation of Chinese Lexical Abbreviation | 第20-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第20页 |
| ·The Principle of Least Effort as the Essential Motivation of Chinese Lexical Abbreviation | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymy: Least Effort on the Speaker’s Part | 第22-25页 |
| ·Metonymic Contiguity: Prerequisite for the Hearer’s Least Effort | 第25-36页 |
| ·Methods to Create Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第26-29页 |
| ·Principles of Creating Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第29-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 3 The Process of Producing Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第37-52页 |
| ·Introduction | 第37页 |
| ·Two Levels of Metonymic Mappings | 第37-43页 |
| ·Metonymic Mappings in the Process of Producing Chinese Lexical Abbreviation | 第43-50页 |
| ·Simple Mappings | 第44-46页 |
| ·Parallel Mappings | 第46-48页 |
| ·Overlapped Mappings | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter 4 The Process of Interpreting Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第52-66页 |
| ·The Nature of Interpreting Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第52-57页 |
| ·A Process of Metonymic Mapping Different from Producing Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第52-55页 |
| ·A Cognitive Process of Pragmatic Inference | 第55-57页 |
| ·Two Stages of Interpreting Chinese Lexical Abbreviations | 第57-65页 |
| ·Spreading Activation in the Internal Lexicon | 第57-60页 |
| ·Narrowing Down the Options | 第60-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-69页 |
| Notes | 第69-70页 |
| References | 第70-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix | 第74-75页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第75-80页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第80页 |
