| Abstract (Chinese) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| Chapter One The System of Signification | 第18-32页 |
| ·Sign, Signifier, Signified | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Extension of Semiology | 第22-24页 |
| ·Linguistic Admixture in the System of Signification | 第24-26页 |
| ·The System of Chinese Americans | 第26-32页 |
| Chapter Two Absence of the Center | 第32-43页 |
| ·Absence of the Center | 第32-34页 |
| ·The "Language" of Chinese Americans: A System of Signification with the Shifts of Centers | 第34-43页 |
| ·Shifts between Two Cultures | 第34-39页 |
| ·The Decentered System of Chinese Americans | 第39-43页 |
| Chapter Three Lost in Communication | 第43-54页 |
| ·Clash between Different Systems of Signification | 第43-46页 |
| ·Lost in Communication within the Group | 第46-54页 |
| ·Connotation and Denotation | 第47-49页 |
| ·Lost in Communication at the Connotative Level | 第49-54页 |
| Conclusion | 第54-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
