| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| List of Tables | 第8-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of this Study | 第13页 |
| ·Methodology and Procedure | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Saussure’s Principle of Arbitrariness | 第16-19页 |
| ·Challenges to Saussure’s Arbitrariness | 第19页 |
| ·Researches about Motivation from abroad | 第19-20页 |
| ·Researches about Motivation at China | 第20-23页 |
| ·Dialectic Relation between Arbitrariness and Motivation | 第23-24页 |
| ·Basic Concepts about Lexical Motivation | 第24-26页 |
| ·Definition of Lexical Motivation | 第24页 |
| ·Classification of Lexical Motivation | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three Contrastive Study of Lexical Motivation between Chinese and English | 第26-58页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Lexical Motivation between Chinese and English at Phonetic Level | 第26-32页 |
| ·Primary Onomatopoeia | 第26-28页 |
| ·Secondary Onomatopoeia | 第28-32页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Lexical Motivation between Chinese and English at Graphemic Level | 第32-38页 |
| ·Ideographic Writing vs. Alphabetic Writing | 第32-37页 |
| ·Different Graphemic Motivations between Chinese and English | 第37-38页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Lexical Motivation between Chinese and English at Morphological Level | 第38-48页 |
| ·Different Motivations in Simple Words | 第38-39页 |
| ·Different Motivations in Derivative Words | 第39-43页 |
| ·Different Motivations in Compound Words | 第43-48页 |
| ·Contrastive Study of Lexical Motivation between Chinese and English at Semantic Level | 第48-58页 |
| ·Metaphorical Semantic Motivation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Metonymic Semantic Motivation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Analogical Semantic Motivation | 第53-55页 |
| ·Cultural Semantic Motivation | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter Four Explanation for Different Lexical Motivations between Chinene and English from Cultural Perspective | 第58-68页 |
| ·Different Philosophical Thoughts under Different Cultural Backgrounds | 第58-64页 |
| ·Traditional Chinese Thoughts on Harmony and Ancient Greek Dualism on World | 第61-64页 |
| ·Different Lexical Motivations under Different Philosophical Thoughts | 第64-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Major Findings of this Study | 第68-69页 |
| ·Theoretical Implications of this Study | 第69-70页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第70-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
