| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1 Literature Review | 第15-35页 |
| ·Introduction to Figure/ground theory | 第15-22页 |
| ·Introduction to English neologism | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous studies on English neologism | 第25-35页 |
| 2 Methodology | 第35-38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第35页 |
| ·Research corpus | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research methods | 第36-38页 |
| 3 Results and Discussion | 第38-64页 |
| ·Data collection results | 第38-43页 |
| ·Kinds of nouns that can be illustrated from the perspective of figure/ground theory | 第43-49页 |
| ·Understanding of English noun neologisms from the perspective of figure/ground theory | 第49-62页 |
| ·Specialties of N+N compounds and analogies | 第62-64页 |
| Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-75页 |
| AppendixⅠ: words that can be illustrated by principle of head concept prominence | 第75-77页 |
| AppendixⅡ: words that can be illustrated by principle of figurative meaning prominence | 第77-78页 |
| AppendixⅢ: words that can be illustrated by principle of affix prominence | 第78-79页 |
