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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The phenomenon of lettered-words
1.2 The research of lettered-words
1.3 Organization of the dissertation
ChapterTwo Aspects of lettered-words
2.1 The definition of lettered-words
2.2 Attitudes toward lettered-words in the Chinese linguistic circle
2.2.1 Negative attitude toward lettered-words
2.2.2 Positive attitude toward lettered-words
2.3 Classification of lettered-words
2.4 The written form of lettered-words
2.4.1 The written form of lettered-words concerning capitalization
2.4.2 Problems in the aspect of written form of lettered-words
2.5 How lettered-words are used
2.6 The rhetoric use of lettered-words
2.6.1 Lettered-words used in euphemism
2.6.2 Lettered-words used in metonymy
2.6.3 Lettered-words used in pun
2.6.4 Lettered-words used in numerical formulae
Chapter Three The historical development and the causes for the introduction of lettered-words
3.1 The historical development of lettered-words
3.1.1 The embryonic period and characteristics of lettered-words
3.1.2 The expansion period and characteristics of lettered-words
3.2 The causes for the introduction of lettered-words
3.2.1 The internal causes
3.2.2 The external causes
Chapter Four What happened to lettered-words over the process of assimilation into Chinese?
4.1 Phonetic changes
4.1.1 Tone addition
4.1.2 Phonetic substitution
4.2 Morphological changes
4.2.1 Inflection
4.2.2 The lexicalization of lettered-words
4.2.3 The conversion of lettered-words
4.3 Semantic changes
4.3.1 The original meaning is narrowed
4.3.2 The original meaning is broadened
Chapter Five How have lettered-words got borrowed?
5.1 Code-switching
5.2 The differences between CS and borrowing
5.3 The process of lettered-words from CS to loanwords
Chapter Six Conflicts brought by lettered-words and how to standardize them
6.1 Conflicts brought by lettered-words
6.1.1 Conflicts brought by the pronunciation of lettered-words
6.1.2 Conflicts brought by the written form of lettered-words
6.1.3 The obscurity of meaning of lettered-words
6.2 How to standardize lettered-words
6.2.1 The general principles for the standardization of lettered-words
6.2.2 The concrete measures for the standardization of lettered-words
6.3 The inclusion of lettered-words in the dictionary
6.3.1 Lettered-words taken into the dictionaries
6.3.2 The concrete problems concerning the inclusion of lettered-words in the dictionary
Chapter Seven Conclusion
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