| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Studies on Proverbs | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definition of Proverbs | 第16-17页 |
| ·Features and Functions of Proverbs | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous Foreign Studies on Proverbs | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Domestic Studies on Proverbs | 第19页 |
| ·Studies on Meme and Memetics | 第19-24页 |
| ·Origin and Definition of Meme | 第20-21页 |
| ·Previous Foreign Studies of Meme and Memetics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Domestic Studies of Meme and Memetics | 第23-24页 |
| ·Memetic Studies of Proverbs | 第24页 |
| ·Previous Foreign and Domestic Studies on the Theory ofAdaptation | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第26-46页 |
| ·The Theory of Memetics | 第26-39页 |
| ·Language and Memes | 第28-31页 |
| ·Stages of Meme Replication | 第31-33页 |
| ·Criteria of Meme Selection | 第33-36页 |
| ·Transmission Ways of Language Memes | 第36-39页 |
| ·The Theory of Adaptation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Memetic Adaptation | 第41-45页 |
| ·Cognitive Factor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Emotive Factor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Cultural Factor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Proverb Memes in Language Use | 第46-59页 |
| ·Properties of Proverb Memes in Language Use | 第46-51页 |
| ·Simplicity | 第46-48页 |
| ·Novelty | 第48-49页 |
| ·Utility | 第49-50页 |
| ·Conformity | 第50-51页 |
| ·Transmission Ways of Proverb Memes in Language Use | 第51-57页 |
| ·Repetition | 第51-54页 |
| ·Analogy | 第54-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 The Process of Adaptation for Proverb Memes in Language Use | 第59-74页 |
| ·Adapting to Cognitive Factor | 第59-64页 |
| ·Limitation of People's Working Memory | 第59-60页 |
| ·People's Way of Perceiving and Understanding | 第60-64页 |
| ·Adapting to Emotive Factor | 第64-66页 |
| ·Adapting to Cultural Factor | 第66-69页 |
| ·Value Orientation | 第66-67页 |
| ·National Psychology | 第67-68页 |
| ·Religion | 第68-69页 |
| ·Strong and Weak Proverb Memes in the Process of Adaptation | 第69-73页 |
| ·Strong Proverb Memes | 第70-71页 |
| ·Weak Proverb Memes | 第71-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-81页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第81页 |
