| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-15页 |
| CHAPTERⅠ INTRODUCTION | 第15-22页 |
| ·Research Background | 第15-18页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Research | 第18-20页 |
| ·Contents of the Thesis | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTERⅡ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第22-38页 |
| ·Theoretical Discussions of Cognitive Linguistic Approach | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguisitc Approach and Its advantages | 第22-23页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation of the Cognitive Linguistic Approach | 第23页 |
| ·Cognitive Motivations behind Senses of Polysemous Words | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Metaphoric Extensions of Senses of Polysemous Words | 第24-32页 |
| ·The Cognitive Nature of Metaphor and Its Working Mechanism | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Basis for the Establishment of Metaphor—Similarity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphoric Extensions of Senses of Polysemous Words | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Metaphoric Approach to Polysemous Words Teaching | 第31-32页 |
| ·Empirical Studies on the Application of Cognitive Metaphoric Approach | 第32-37页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第32-35页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第35-37页 |
| ·Research Questions in the Present study | 第37-38页 |
| CHAPTERⅢ METHODOLOGY | 第38-52页 |
| ·Research design and Variables | 第38-39页 |
| ·Subjects | 第39页 |
| ·Instruments | 第39-41页 |
| ·Questionnaire for Subjects in the Experimental Group | 第40页 |
| ·English to Chinese Sentence Translation Tests | 第40-41页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第41-51页 |
| ·Pre-experiment Stage | 第42-45页 |
| ·Selecting Target Words | 第42-43页 |
| ·Giving a Questionnaire to Subjects in the Experimental Group | 第43-44页 |
| ·Lecturing Subjects in the Experimental Group on Metaphoric Approach | 第44-45页 |
| ·During Experiment Stage | 第45-50页 |
| ·Procedures in the First Experiment | 第46-49页 |
| ·Procedures in the Second Experiment | 第49-50页 |
| ·Post-experiment Stage | 第50-51页 |
| ·Scoring and Data Analysis | 第51-52页 |
| CHAPTERⅣ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第52-62页 |
| ·Analysis of the Results of the Experiments | 第52-56页 |
| ·Results of the First Experiment | 第52-55页 |
| ·Results of the Second Experiment | 第55-56页 |
| ·Discussions of the Results | 第56-60页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第60-62页 |
| CHAPTERⅤ CONCLUSION | 第62-65页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第63-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-72页 |
| Appendix 1:Questionnaire to the Experimental group | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 2:Material of the Pre-lecture to the Experimental group | 第73-76页 |
| Appendix 3:Sentences Containing the Target Senses of the Target Words in the First Experiment61 | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix 4:Sentences Containing the Target Senses of the Target Words in the SecondExperiment | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix 5:Test Paper for the First Experiment | 第78-79页 |
| Appendix 6:Test Paper for the Second Experiment | 第79页 |
