| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-31页 |
| ·Nominal Compounds | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Classification of N+N Compounds in Chinese | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Difference between N+N Compounds and Noun Phrases in Chinese | 第18-21页 |
| ·N-N Compounds from Structural and Semantic Perspectives | 第21-26页 |
| ·The Structural Approach | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Semantic Approach | 第24-26页 |
| ·N+N Compounds from Cognitive Perspectives | 第26-29页 |
| ·Langacker’s Model of N+N Compounds | 第26页 |
| ·The Study of N+N Compounds from the Perspective of Categorization | 第26-27页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy-based N+N Compounds | 第27-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-43页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-32页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metonymy | 第34-35页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metonymy | 第35-37页 |
| ·Interaction between Metaphor and Metonymy | 第37-38页 |
| ·Langacher’s Model of Compounding | 第38-40页 |
| ·Metonymy and Metaphor Theories and Vocabulary Research | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第43-49页 |
| ·Description of the Corpus | 第43页 |
| ·Metaphor Identification Procedure | 第43-45页 |
| ·Chinese Lexical Unit | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dictionary | 第46页 |
| ·The Classification of the Data | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five The Semantic Analysis of Chinese N+N Compounds | 第49-65页 |
| ·Endocentric N+N Compounds | 第49-63页 |
| ·“HEART” as Modifier | 第50-56页 |
| ·“HEAT” as Profile Determinant | 第56-63页 |
| ·Exocentric N+N Compounds | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |
| APPENDIX | 第73-77页 |
| Article Published During M.A. Study | 第77-78页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第78页 |
