| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第9页 |
| ·Literature Review of the Thesis | 第9-15页 |
| ·Objective of the Thesis | 第15页 |
| ·Methodology and Organization of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Chinese Four-Character Idioms with Numerals and Their Semantic Fuzziness | 第18-29页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Four-Character Idioms | 第18-19页 |
| ·Chinese Four-Character Idioms with Numerals | 第19-26页 |
| ·Numerals in Idioms with Positive Exaggeration | 第20-22页 |
| ·Numerals in Idioms with Negative Exaggeration | 第22-24页 |
| ·Numerals in Idioms Transferred from Quantities to Other Categorie | 第24-26页 |
| ·Semantic Fuzziness of Chinese Four-Character Idioms Caused by the Use of Numerals | 第26-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 2 How Numerals Render Chinese Four-Character Idioms Fuzzy | 第29-38页 |
| ·Precise Original Meanings of the Numerals in Chinese Idioms | 第29-30页 |
| ·Transition of Semantic Precision to Semantic Fuzziness of the Numeral Meanings in Chinese Four-Character Idioms | 第30-33页 |
| ·Fuzziness of the Cognitive Categories | 第30-31页 |
| ·Fuzziness of the Category "Number" | 第31-33页 |
| ·Generation of Semantic Fuzziness of Chinese Four-Character Idioms | 第33-37页 |
| ·Gestalt Psychological Motivation | 第33-35页 |
| ·Specific Collocation Motivation | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Semantic Fuzziness of Chinese Idioms Generated by the Use of Numerals | 第38-53页 |
| ·The Advantages of Semantic Fuzziness of Chinese Idioms Engendered by the Use of Numerals | 第38-45页 |
| ·Least Effort from the Speaker's Perspective | 第38-40页 |
| ·Rhetorical Effect | 第40-45页 |
| ·The Disadvantages of Semantic Fuzziness of Chinese Idioms Engendered by the Use of Numerals | 第45-47页 |
| ·More Effort from the Hearer's Perspective | 第45-46页 |
| ·Harming or Ruining Communication | 第46-47页 |
| ·Reduction and Removal of the Disadvantages—Transition from Semantic Fuzziness to Semantic Precision | 第47-52页 |
| ·Contextual-Dependence | 第47-49页 |
| ·Synchronic and Diachronic Change of Idioms | 第49-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| Notes | 第55-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-63页 |
| Informative Chinese Abstract | 第63-67页 |
| Résuméand Publications since Entering the Program | 第67页 |
