| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Academic Achievement | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Significance of the Topic | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Background | 第17-37页 |
| ·History of Research on Semantics and Research Related to Adjective-noun Forms | 第17-22页 |
| ·History of Research on Semantics | 第17-19页 |
| ·Leech’s Meaning Types | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Referential Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research Related to Structures Similar to Adjective-noun Forms | 第19-22页 |
| ·Structuralism and Principle of Compositionality | 第19-20页 |
| ·Pragmatic View and Behaviorism | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Research on Conceptual Blending Theory | 第22-32页 |
| ·The Universal Conceptual Blending Phenomena | 第23-25页 |
| ·Blending Phenomena in Different Subjects | 第23-24页 |
| ·Blending Phenomena in Language | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Blending | 第25-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory and Definition of Conceptual Blending | 第28-32页 |
| ·On-line Construction of Meaning and Subjective Self-negotiation | 第32-36页 |
| ·On-line Construction of Meaning | 第32-33页 |
| ·Subjective Self-negotiation | 第33-36页 |
| ·Summary | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Three Semantic Analysis of Adjectives and Nouns from the Cognitive Perspective | 第37-43页 |
| ·Purport, Pre-meaning and Interpretation | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analysis of Zone Activation | 第38-40页 |
| ·Semantic Analysis of Adjectives and Nouns | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-43页 |
| Chapter Four Emergent Meaning of Adjective-noun Forms | 第43-49页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending of Adjective-noun Forms | 第43-46页 |
| ·Essential Aspects of Blending of an Adjective-noun Form | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter Five Emergent Meaning in Communication | 第49-63页 |
| ·Communicational Failure | 第49-50页 |
| ·Two Processes of Blending | 第50-54页 |
| ·On-line Construction of Meaning and Subjective Self-negotiation | 第54-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-67页 |
