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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Significance of the study
1.3 Methodology and data collection of the study
1.4 Layout of the thesis
Chapter Two Related Research
2.1 Research pertaining to language contact
2.1.1 Definitions of language contact
2.1.2 Outcomes of language contact
2.1.3 Contact between Chinese and English
2.2 Research pertaining to language change
2.2.1 Definitions and types of language change
2.2.2 Causes for language change
2.2.3 The relationship between language contact and language change
2.3 Research pertaining to netspeak
2.3.1 Definitions of netspeak
2.3.2 Linguistic features of netspeak
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Sociolinguistic approach
3.1.1 A brief introduction to sociolinguistics
3.1.2 Sociolinguistic approach to language contact and language change
3.2 Social psychological approach
3.2.1 Speech accommodation
3.2.2 Language attitude
3.3Summary
Chapter Four Manifestations of Chinese-English Contact-induced Netspeak
4.1 Changes in netspeak at lexical level
4.1.1 Loanwords
4.1.2 Abbreviation
4.2 Changes in netspeak at syntactic level
4.2.1 Code-mixing
4.2.2 Change in normal function of word class
4.2.3 X +-ing
4.2.4 Redundant words
4.2.5 Change in word order
4.3 Summary
Chapter Five External Factors Affecting Contact-induced Language Change in Netspeak
5.1 Social factors
5.1.1 Intensity of contact
5.1.2 Appearance and popularity of the interact
5.1.3 Age
5.1.4 Style
5.2 Social psychological factors
5.2.1 Speech Accommodation
5.2.2 Attitude
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Summary of the findings
6.2 Implications of the study
6.3 Limitations and prospects for future research
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