文摘
英文文摘
前言
声明
Acknowledgement
Chapter One A Brief Survey of Biological Principles of Memetic Studies
1.1 A brief introduction to memetic theory and its present scholarship
1.2 The influence of biologists on memetic study
1.3 The originality of Memetic theory
1.4 The relationship between meme and the generation of vocabulary
Chapter Two The Replicating and Spreading of Language Meme
2.1 The replicating and spreading of language meme through imitation
2.2 The replicating and spreading of language meme through human brains
2.3 The replicating and spreading of language meme motivated by the real life
2.4 The replicating and spreading of language meme motivated by communication
2.5 The replicating and spreading of language meme motivated by the development of science and technology
Chapter 3 The spreading categories of language meme and the developing of English and Chinese vocabulary
3.1 The genotype spread of language meme
3.1.1 Spreading the same information directly
3.1.2 Spreading the same information indirectly
3.2 The phenotype spread of language meme
3.2.1 Homophone horizontal graft
3.2.2 Homograph associable graft
3.2.3 Same structural horizontal graft
Chapter 4 The ways of language memes' generation
4.1 Memetics and word-formation
4.1.1 Word-formation through deriving
4.1.2 Word-formation through analogy
4.1.3 Word-formation through contrasting
4.1.4 Word-formation through compounding
4.2 Loan word
4.3 The change of word meaning
Chapter 5 A tentative analysis of the reasons for forming successful language memes
Chapter 6 Conclusion
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