声明
Abstract
摘要
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Significance of the Study
1.2 Reasons for the Study
1.3 Organization of the Study
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Prototype Theory
2.1.1 Classical View of Category
2.1.2 Defining Prototypes
2.1.3 Characteristics of Prototypicality
2.2 Studies On Semantic Fission
2.2.1 Definition of Semantic Fission
2.2.2 Steps of Semantic Fission
2.3 Studies on Chinese Widely-used Address Forms
2.3.1 Definition of “Widely-used”
2.3.2 Characteristics of Chinese Widely-used Address Forms
2.3.3 Factors that are Involved in the Selection of Widely-used Address Forms
2.4 Studies on Semantic Fission phenomenon of Chinese Widely-used Address Forms
Chapter Three Research Design
3.1 Research Object
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Research Participants
3.4 Research Methods
3.5 Data Collection
3.6 Research Procedure
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
4.1 Results of Question One
4.1.1 the First Result
4.1.2 the Second Result
4.2 Results and Discussion of Test One
4.2.1 Results of Test One
4.2.2 Discussion
4.3 Results of Question Three
4.3.1 “Tongzhi”
4.3.2 “Shifu”
4.3.3 “Laoshi”
4.3.4 “Laoban”
4.3.5 “Xiaojie”
4.3.6 “Xiansheng”
4.3.7 “Meinv” and “Shuaige”
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implication
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Studies
5.3.1 Limitations of Prototype Theory
5.3.2 Limitations of Widely-used Address Forms
5.3.3 Future Studies
References
AppendixⅠ
Acknowledgements