| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Research Conception | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Research Methodology | 第16页 |
| 1.5 Outline of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES ON ENGLISH NEOLOGISMS | 第18-26页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Neologisms | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Cognitive Studies of Neologisms | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Motivation of Neologisms | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Cognitive Semantic Studies of Neologisms | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Lexicographic Studies on Neologisms and the Actual Practice | 第22-23页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第23-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE TYPES OF ENGLISH NEOLOGISMS AND A CIT-BASED ANALYSIS | 第26-38页 |
| 3.1 Statistical Analysis | 第26-28页 |
| 3.2 Types of Neologisms | 第28-32页 |
| 3.2.1 Newly Coined Words | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.2 New Loanwords | 第30-31页 |
| 3.2.3 New Meanings for Old Words | 第31-32页 |
| 3.3 Meaning Construction of Neologisms: A CIT-based Analysis | 第32-36页 |
| 3.3.1 Meaning Construction of New Words | 第32-35页 |
| 3.3.2 Meaning Construction of New Senses | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第36-38页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A SURVEY OF THE INCLUSION AND ENTRY ARRANGEMENT OF NEOLOGISMS IN EXISTING ECLDS | 第38-48页 |
| 4.1 Research Method | 第38页 |
| 4.2 Current Practices and Comments | 第38-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Inclusion of Neologisms | 第38-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Entry Arrangement of Neologisms | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.3 Merits and Defects | 第42-48页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CORPUS-BASED INCLUSION AND ENTRY ARRANGEMENT OF NEOLOGISMS | 第48-56页 |
| 5.1 A Corpus-based Approch in the Study of Neologisms | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 COCA-supported Optimization | 第49-54页 |
| 5.2.1 Determining the Neologisms to Be Included | 第49-50页 |
| 5.2.2 Finding New Senses by Analyzing the Collocates | 第50-53页 |
| 5.2.3 Labeling the Neologisms | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第54-56页 |
| CHAPTER SIX OPTIMIZATION OF THE INCLUSION AND ENTRY ARRANGEMENT OF NEOLOGISMS IN ECLDS | 第56-64页 |
| 6.1 Theoretical Framework | 第56-58页 |
| 6.1.1 Users’ Needs | 第56-57页 |
| 6.1.2 Metaphors and Neologisms | 第57-58页 |
| 6.1.3 Conceptual Blending and Neologisms in the Mind | 第58页 |
| 6.2 General Principles | 第58-59页 |
| 6.3 Tentative Samples | 第59-62页 |
| 6.3.1 Appending New Senses | 第60-61页 |
| 6.3.2 Providing Labels | 第61页 |
| 6.3.3 Creating New Entrties Entries | 第61-62页 |
| 6.4 Summary | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第64-66页 |
| 7.1 Findings | 第64-65页 |
| 7.2 Implications | 第65页 |
| 7.3 Limitations | 第65页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for Further Study | 第65-66页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第66-72页 |
| Dictionaries Cited | 第66-67页 |
| Other Publications | 第67-72页 |
| APPENDICES | 第72-81页 |
