| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Main Ideas of This Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Theoretical Consideration | 第12-13页 |
| ·Scope of This Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| ·Originality of This Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| ·Purpose of This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Netspeak Research | 第19-29页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Netspeak Neologism | 第19-23页 |
| ·Definition of Netspeak | 第19-21页 |
| ·Definition of Neologism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Netspeak Neologism | 第23页 |
| ·An Introduction to Chinese Netspeak | 第23-29页 |
| ·The Motivations for the Generation of Chinese Netspeak | 第23-24页 |
| ·Approaches to Netspeaks | 第24-26页 |
| ·New Word Study from the Morphological Perspective | 第25页 |
| ·New Word Study from the Cognitive Perspective | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Classification of Chinese Netspeaks in a Morphology Approach | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Previous Study | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Metaphor Mechanism for the Formation of Chinese Netspeak Neologisms | 第29-43页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·An Introduction to CMT | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism:Mapping | 第31-33页 |
| ·Main Issues of CMT | 第33页 |
| ·Metaphor Mechanism for the Formation of Chinese Netspeak Neologisms | 第33-43页 |
| ·The Metaphor Mechanism for the Formation of CNNs | 第34-35页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第35-41页 |
| ·A Case Study of the Formation of '血拼' Triggered by Metaphor Mechanism | 第35-37页 |
| ·A Case Study of the Systematicity of CNNs | 第37-41页 |
| ·The Reasons for Appealing to CMT to Explain the Formation of CNNs | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Metonymy Mechanism for the Formation of Chinese Netspeak Neologisms | 第43-53页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第43-47页 |
| ·Basic Ideas of Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·Comparison between Metaphor and Metonymy | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metonymy Theory and Word Formation | 第45-47页 |
| ·Metonymy Mechanism for the Formation of CNNs | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Metonymy Mechanism for the Formation of CNNs | 第47-48页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第48-51页 |
| ·A Case Study of the Generation of Compounds | 第48页 |
| ·A Case Study of the Generation of CNNs out of Present Words | 第48-50页 |
| ·A Case Study of Generation of Abbreviations | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Co-working of Metaphor and Metonymy Mechanisms in the Formation of CNNs | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Explanatory Power of the Cognitive Mechanism | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-58页 |
