| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Research background | 第9页 |
| ·Research rationale | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·Definitions | 第13-16页 |
| ·Definition of lexicon | 第13-14页 |
| ·Definition of internet language | 第14-16页 |
| ·Definition of lexicon of internet language | 第16页 |
| ·Previous studies | 第16-22页 |
| ·Research status | 第16-18页 |
| ·Previous descriptions of the lexicon | 第18-21页 |
| ·Descriptions in the four vocabularies | 第18-19页 |
| ·Descriptions in other previous literature | 第19-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology and Data Collection | 第22-26页 |
| ·Research questions | 第22页 |
| ·Research cases | 第22页 |
| ·Data collection | 第22-24页 |
| ·Research instruments | 第24页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Four Description of Theoretical Framework | 第26-35页 |
| ·A general introduction to the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第26页 |
| ·Key notions of the Theory of Linguistic Adaptation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Making choices | 第26页 |
| ·Three properties of language | 第26-27页 |
| ·Four angles of the perspective | 第27-32页 |
| ·Contextual correlates of adaptability | 第28-30页 |
| ·Ingredients of the communicative context | 第28-30页 |
| ·Linguistic channel and linguistic context | 第30页 |
| ·Structural objects of adaptability | 第30-31页 |
| ·Dynamics of adaptability | 第31-32页 |
| ·Salience of the adaptation processes | 第32页 |
| ·Framework of the present study | 第32-33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Five Features of Lexicon of internet language | 第35-49页 |
| ·The new vocabulary | 第35页 |
| ·Structural features of the lexicon | 第35-39页 |
| ·Structures of Chinese lexical items | 第36-38页 |
| ·Structures of alphabetic lexical items | 第38页 |
| ·Structures of digital lexical items | 第38-39页 |
| ·Structures of the lexical items composed of different types of components | 第39页 |
| ·Phonological features of the lexicon | 第39-42页 |
| ·Tones | 第40-41页 |
| ·Combination rules of phonemes | 第41页 |
| ·Sound changes | 第41-42页 |
| ·Semantic features of the lexicon | 第42-45页 |
| ·Conceptual meaning | 第42-44页 |
| ·Connotative meaning | 第44页 |
| ·Social meaning | 第44-45页 |
| ·Features of the deixis in the lexicon | 第45-49页 |
| ·A general introduction to deixis | 第45-46页 |
| ·Person deixis in the lexicon | 第46-47页 |
| ·Social deixis in the lexicon | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Six Analyses of the Causes | 第49-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of context in the use of the lexicon | 第49-54页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of utterer and interpreter | 第49-50页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of mental world | 第50-51页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of social world | 第51-53页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of physical world | 第53页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of linguistic channel and linguistic context | 第53-54页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of structural objects in the use of the lexicon | 第54-57页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of language | 第54-55页 |
| ·Linguistic adaptation in the aspect of language-building ingredients | 第55-57页 |
| ·Chinese syllables | 第55-56页 |
| ·The morphemes and structuring principles of Chinese and English | 第56-57页 |
| ·Salience of the linguistic adaptations | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| ·A summary of findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitations | 第59页 |
| ·Implications for future studies | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
