Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Motivations for the Research
1.1.1 Insufficient Understanding of Two Issues
1.1.2 Limitations in the Current Research on Lettered Words
1.2 Aims and Significance of the Research
1.2.1 Aims of the Research
1.2.2 Significance of the Research
1.3 Methodology of the Research
1.4 Innovations of the Research
1.5 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Researches on Lettered Words at Home and Abroad
2.1.1 Domestic Researches on Lettered Words
2.1.2 Overseas Researches on Lettered Words
2.2 Researches on Onomasiological Variations and Changes at Home and Abroad
2.2.1 Domestic Researches on Onomasiological Variations and Changes
2.2.2 Overseas Researches on Onomasiological Variations and Changes
2.3 Summary
Chapter 3 The Study of Onomasiological Variations and Changes from the Perspective of Cognitive Sociolinguistics
3.1 Language Variation and Change
3.1.1 The Relationship between Language Variation and Change
3.1.2 Motivations for and Mechanisms of Language Variation and Change
3.2 Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.2.1 Types of Onomasiological Variations
3.2.2 The Integrated Process of Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.2.3 Motivations for and Mechanisms of Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.3 The Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach to the Study of Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.3.1 The Contribution of the Traditional Onomasiology to the Study of Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.3.2 The Contribution of Cognitive Sociolinguistics to the Study
of Onomasiological Variations and Changes
3.3.3 The Cognitive Sociolinguistic Model of Onomasiology
3.4 Summary
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Chapter 4 The Onomasiological Study of Lettered Words and Their Mandarin Chinese Synonyms from the Perspective of Cognitive Sociolinguistics
Chapter 5 Implications for Lexicography
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendices
References
Acknowledgements