CHAPTER Ⅰ WHAT IS A NEOLOGISM? 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ WHAT TRIGGERS THE EMERGENCE OF NEOLOGISMS? 12
CHAPTER Ⅲ THE WAYS IN WHICH NEOLOGISMS ARE FORMED 21
3.1 Neologisms Created by Putting Existing Words to New Uses 21
3.1.1 Lexical Changes in Meanings 22
a．Amelioration or Deterioration 27
b．Functional Transformation 36
c．Words with Self-contradicting Meanings 40
d．Multimeaningfulness of Small Words 55
3.1.2 Lexical Changes in Word Class 121
3.2 Neologisms Formed by Combining Existing Words or Word Parts 136
3.2.1 Compounding 137
a．Compounds Retaining Original Meanings 137
b．Compounds with a New Connotation 140
c．Compounds and Noun Phrases 147
3.2.2 Parallel Construction 152
3.2.3 Affixation 158
3.2.4 Blending 166
3.2.5 Words Combined as a Result of Casual Pronunciation 171
3.2.6 Reduplication 177
3.3 Neologisms Formed by Shortening Existing Words or Expressions 180
3.3.1 Shortened Compounds,Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases 180
3.3.2 Clippings 187
3.3.3 Backformation 193
3.3.4 Abbreviation 196
a．Initialisms(alphabetisms) 196
b．Acronyms 200
3.4 Neologisms Borrowed from Other Languages 206
3.5 Neologisms Created out of Nothing 213
CHINESE TRANSLATION OF DIALOGUES 217
INDEX 279
BIBLIOGRAPHY 292