| Chapter One: Introduction | 第1-22页 |
| 1．1 Literature review | 第9-20页 |
| 1．1．1 English-Chinese (E-C) contrastive linguistics | 第9-11页 |
| 1．1．2 Lexical semantics | 第11-16页 |
| 1．1．3 Cognitive linguistics | 第16-20页 |
| 1．2 Layout of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two: Verification of Semantic Asymmetry | 第22-31页 |
| 2．1 Defining semantic asymmetry and equivalents | 第22-24页 |
| 2．2 Discussion on symmetry and equivalence | 第24-26页 |
| 2．3 Linguistic universalism and semantic asymmetry | 第26-31页 |
| 2．3．1 Linguistic universalism | 第26页 |
| 2．3．2 Universality of semantic asymmetry | 第26-29页 |
| 2．3．3 Presupposition of semantic asymmetry | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three: Case Studies of Semantic Asymmetry between English and Chinese Equivalents | 第31-66页 |
| 3．1 Semantic asymmetry between English and Chinese color words | 第31-41页 |
| 3．1．1 The categorization of color words | 第31-34页 |
| 3．1．2 The association of color words | 第34-40页 |
| 3．1．3 The translation of color words | 第40-41页 |
| 3．2 Semantic asymmetry between English and Chinese animal-plant words | 第41-55页 |
| 3．2．1 Associations exclusive in English | 第41-44页 |
| 3．2．2 Associations exclusive in Chinese | 第44-45页 |
| 3．2．3 Associations present in both languages | 第45-55页 |
| 3．3 Lexicalization asymmetry between English and Chinese neologisms | 第55-66页 |
| 3．3．1 Lexicalization asymmetry: new concepts lexicalized in English but not yet in Chinese | 第57-61页 |
| 3．3．2 Lexicalization asymmetry: new concepts lexicalized in Chinese but not yet in English | 第61-63页 |
| 3．3．3 Lexicalization symmetry | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter Four: Analysis of Semantic Asymmetry | 第66-75页 |
| 4．1 The parameter of semantic asymmetry in comparison | 第66-68页 |
| 4．2 Transposition | 第68-70页 |
| 4．3 Overlapping | 第70-71页 |
| 4．4 Misplacement | 第71-72页 |
| 4．5 Vacancy | 第72-75页 |
| Chapter Five: Major Causes of Semantic Asymmetry | 第75-84页 |
| 5．1 Linguistic factors | 第75-79页 |
| 5．2 Social factors | 第79-80页 |
| 5．3 Cognitive factors | 第80-84页 |
| Chapter Six: Conclusion | 第84-88页 |
| 6．1 General conclusion | 第84-85页 |
| 6．2 Existing problems | 第85-86页 |
| 6．3 Prospect of the future research | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix | 第88-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-93页 |
| Index | 第93-102页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第102页 |
