| ABSTRACT | 第1-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-23页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第23-24页 |
| List of Notations | 第24-25页 |
| List of Figures | 第25-26页 |
| List of Tables | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第29-95页 |
| ·Research Background | 第32-39页 |
| ·Construal of Skin Sensations and Skin-Sense Adjectives | 第39-53页 |
| ·Research Objectives and Significance | 第53-55页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第55-77页 |
| ·A Cognitive Semantic Perspective | 第55-63页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory of Categorization | 第63-71页 |
| ·The Theory of Idealized Cognitive Models | 第71-77页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第77-92页 |
| ·Organization of the Dissertation | 第92-95页 |
| Chapter 2 A Review of Relevant Research | 第95-153页 |
| ·Earlier Studies of Adjectives in English and Chinese | 第95-100页 |
| ·Linguistic Studies Related to Skin Sensations | 第100-133页 |
| ·Research Supporting Cognitive Semantics | 第101-118页 |
| ·Research Opposing Cognitive Semantics | 第118-133页 |
| ·Other Pertinent Linguistic Research | 第133-136页 |
| ·Non-Linguistic Research of Skin Sensations | 第136-152页 |
| ·Summary | 第152-153页 |
| Chapter 3 Synchronic Semantic Analyses of Skin-Sense Adjectives | 第153-267页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of Hot | 第154-187页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of Hot Based on Dictionary | 第154-167页 |
| ·Hot-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第167-171页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with Hot | 第171-187页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of Cold | 第187-203页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of Cold Based on Dictionary | 第187-192页 |
| ·Cold-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第192-195页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with Cold | 第195-203页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of re | 第203-220页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of re Based on Dictionary | 第204-208页 |
| ·Re-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第208-211页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with re | 第211-220页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of leng | 第220-229页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of leng Based on Dictionary | 第220-223页 |
| ·Leng-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第223-225页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with leng | 第225-229页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of Hard | 第229-240页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of Hard Based on Dictionary | 第229-231页 |
| ·Hard-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第231-233页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with Hard | 第233-240页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of Soft | 第240-249页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of Soft Based on Dictionary | 第240-243页 |
| ·Soft-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第243-244页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with Soft | 第244-249页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of ying | 第249-258页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of ying Based on Dictionary | 第249-250页 |
| ·Ying-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第250-253页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with ying | 第253-258页 |
| ·Semantic Analyses of ruan | 第258-266页 |
| ·Lexical Concepts of ruan Based on Dictionary | 第258-259页 |
| ·Ruan-Noun Combinations in Light of Corpus | 第259-261页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Linked with ruan | 第261-266页 |
| ·Summary | 第266-267页 |
| Chapter 4 Synchronic Semantic Comparisons of Skin-Sense Adjectives | 第267-295页 |
| ·A Synchronic Semantic Comparison Between Hot and re | 第267-279页 |
| ·A Synchronic Semantic Comparison Between Cold and leng | 第279-284页 |
| ·A Synchronic Semantic Comparison Between Hard and ying | 第284-289页 |
| ·A Synchronic Semantic Comparison Between Soft and ruan | 第289-294页 |
| ·Summary | 第294-295页 |
| Chapter 5 Diachronic Semantic Comparisons of Skin-Sense Adjectives | 第295-317页 |
| ·Skin-Sense Adjectives with Different Directions of Semantic Changes in English and Chinese | 第295-310页 |
| ·Biased Accounts of the Divergent Semantic Development | 第310-313页 |
| ·Potential Factors Leading to the Inconsistence | 第313-315页 |
| ·Summary | 第315-317页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第317-339页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第317-335页 |
| ·Embodiment and Prototypicality as Essential Characteristics of Skin-Sense Adjectives | 第317-326页 |
| ·Basic Differentiation of Construal Focuses | 第326-330页 |
| ·Anthropocentricity and Subjectification as the Semantic Development Trend | 第330-332页 |
| ·A Verbalization Trend | 第332-334页 |
| ·Other Findings | 第334-335页 |
| ·Research Limitations | 第335-337页 |
| ·Directions for Future Research | 第337-339页 |
| Bibliography | 第339-363页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第363-371页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第371-375页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第375-377页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第377-379页 |
