| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Structure of Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on -ness and -ity from Synchronic Perspective | 第17-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Synchronic Studies on -ness and -ity Without Corpora | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Synchronic Studies on -ness and -ity with Corpora | 第18-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Summary | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on -ness and -ity from Diachronic Perspective | 第21-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Diachronic Studies on -ness and -ity Without Corpora | 第21-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Diachronic Studies on -ness and -ity with Corpora | 第24页 |
| 2.2.3 Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Framework and Methodology | 第26-35页 |
| 3.1 Framework: Conceptual Semantics | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Methodology: Corpus Linguistics | 第27-29页 |
| 3.3 Data Sources | 第29-31页 |
| 3.3.1 Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3.2 British National Corpus (BNC) | 第30页 |
| 3.3.3 Helsinki Corpus of English Texts (HC) | 第30-31页 |
| 3.3.4 Google Books N-gram Viewer | 第31页 |
| 3.4 Data Retrieval | 第31-35页 |
| 3.4.1 Data Retrieval Method for Synchronic Analysis | 第31-34页 |
| 3.4.2 Data Retrieval Method for Diachronic Analysis | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第35-62页 |
| 4.1 The Synchronic Results and Discussion of -ness and -ity | 第35-49页 |
| 4.1.1 Productivity Across Registers | 第35-38页 |
| 4.1.2 Syntactic Categories of Bases and Productivity | 第38-41页 |
| 4.1.3 Semantic Distinctions Between -ness/ -ity Doublets | 第41-49页 |
| 4.2 The Diachronic Results and Discussion of -ness and -ity | 第49-62页 |
| 4.2.1 Historical Competition Between -ness and -ity | 第49-53页 |
| 4.2.2 Variation Tendency of -ness and -ity Doublets | 第53-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Semantic Interpretation of -ness and -ity | 第62-67页 |
| 5.1 The Semantic Network of -ness and -ity | 第62-65页 |
| 5.2 Domain and Construal of -ness and -ity | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第67-69页 |
| 6.1.1 Synchronic Features of -ness and -ity | 第67-68页 |
| 6.1.2 Diachronic Development of -ness and -ity | 第68-69页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research | 第69-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第71-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第73-81页 |
| References | 第81-83页 |
