| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Neologism | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Neologism | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies of Neologism on abroad | 第16-17页 |
| ·Studies of Neologism in China | 第17-18页 |
| ·Research Perspectives | 第18-21页 |
| ·Perspective of Linguistics | 第18页 |
| ·Perspective of Social Pragmatics | 第18-19页 |
| ·Perspective of Cultural Psychology | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three The Cognitive Basis for Chinese Neologisms | 第21-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-29页 |
| ·The Traditional Views of Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Metaphor from the Cognitive Perspective | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Classifications of Conceptual Metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Functions of Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第29-30页 |
| ·Summary | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Four The Metaphorical Studies of Chinese Neologisms | 第31-47页 |
| ·The Development of Neologisms | 第31-32页 |
| ·Transliteration Words are Increased | 第31页 |
| ·Letter Words are Increased | 第31-32页 |
| ·Borrowed Affixes are Increased | 第32页 |
| ·Word Groups are Increased | 第32页 |
| ·Main Forms of Chinese Neologisms | 第32-35页 |
| ·Emergence of New Words | 第32-33页 |
| ·New Use of Old Words | 第33页 |
| ·External Absorption | 第33-34页 |
| ·Abbreviations | 第34页 |
| ·Lettered Words | 第34页 |
| ·The Network Terminology | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Case Study of Chinese Neologism "Kong" | 第35-41页 |
| ·The Formation of "Kong" | 第35-37页 |
| ·"Kong" with Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-39页 |
| ·Features of Word Group "Kong" | 第39页 |
| ·Related Terms | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Case Study of Chinese Neologism "Shai" | 第41-47页 |
| ·The Formation of "Shai" | 第41-43页 |
| ·Metaphorical Analysis of "Shai" | 第43-45页 |
| ·Features of Word Group "Shai" | 第45页 |
| ·Related Terms | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Metaphor for Creating Neologisms | 第47-55页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Metaphor to Create Neologisms | 第47-51页 |
| ·Ways for Generation | 第47-48页 |
| ·Derivation of Meaning | 第47页 |
| ·Combination | 第47-48页 |
| ·Parody | 第48页 |
| ·Similarity Metaphor | 第48-50页 |
| ·Perceptual Metaphor | 第50-51页 |
| ·Correlation between Metaphor and Neologism | 第51页 |
| ·Study of Neologism Formation Process of Metaphorical Meaning | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implication | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitation and Suggestion for Future Research | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-60页 |
