| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Figures | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Topic of this thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·General purpose and significance of the present study | 第11页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第11-12页 |
| ·General organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Current Research on Measure Word | 第14-18页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·A brief introduction to measure word | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of measure word | 第14页 |
| ·Differences between Chinese and English measure word | 第14-15页 |
| ·Cognitive research on measure word | 第15-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Three Theory of Iconicity | 第18-25页 |
| ·Introduction | 第18页 |
| ·Basic concepts of iconicity | 第18-22页 |
| ·Definition of iconicity | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classification of iconicity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Application of iconicity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Metaphorical iconicity | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Four Iconicity and Measure Word of Noun | 第25-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25页 |
| ·Classifications of measure word of noun | 第25-27页 |
| ·Current classification | 第25-26页 |
| ·Our classification | 第26-27页 |
| ·Motivation for the collocating relation between measure word and noun | 第27-41页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting concrete individual things | 第27-33页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting abstract things | 第33-35页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting human and animal groups | 第35-38页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting collective things | 第38-39页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting volumes | 第39-40页 |
| ·Iconicity and measure word denoting categories | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Similarities and Differences between Chinese and English Measure Word of Noun and the Underlying Causes | 第43-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Similarities between Chinese and English measure word of noun | 第43-45页 |
| ·Differences between Chinese and English measure word of noun | 第45-47页 |
| ·Underlying causes of the similarities and differences | 第47-50页 |
| ·Causes of the similarities | 第47页 |
| ·Causes of the differences | 第47-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| ·Summary of the whole thesis | 第51页 |
| ·Implications and applications of this study | 第51-52页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and prospects for future research | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文 | 第58页 |
