| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Objective of the Research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-22页 |
| ·The Nature of Color Terms | 第13页 |
| ·Theoretical Studies on Color Terms | 第13-17页 |
| ·Overseas Study Situation | 第13-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Study on Color Terms | 第13-15页 |
| ·A Case Study on “Yellow” | 第15页 |
| ·Domestic Study Situation | 第15-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Study Color Terms | 第15-16页 |
| ·A Case Study on “Yellow” | 第16-17页 |
| ·An Empirical Study on Color Terms | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Study of Color Terms Based on Psychology | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Study of Color Terms Based on Pedagogy | 第18页 |
| ·Lexicographical Study on Color Terms | 第18-22页 |
| ·The Study of Color Terms in Monolingual Dictionary | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Study of Color Terms in Bilingual Dictionary | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-38页 |
| ·The Schema Theory | 第22-26页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Schema Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Limitations of the Schema Theory on the Definition of Color Terms | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Theory of Semantic Field | 第26-29页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Semantic Field | 第26-27页 |
| ·Limitations of the Theory of Semantic Field on the Definition of Color Terms | 第27-29页 |
| ·SS Theory: A Combination of the Schema Theory and the Theory of Semantic Field | 第29-38页 |
| ·Necessity of the Combination | 第29-32页 |
| ·Feasibility of the Combination | 第32-35页 |
| ·Description of SS Model | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four On the Optimization of Basic Chinese Color Terms | 第38-52页 |
| ·The Current Problems of “Yellow” | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Current Problems of “Yellow” Based on the Schema Theory | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Current Problems of “Yellow” Based on the Theory of Semantic Field | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Optimization of “Yellow” Based on SS Theory | 第43-51页 |
| ·The Mechanism of SS Theory | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Schema Theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Mechanism of the Theory of Semantic Field | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Optimization of “Yellow” Based on SS Theory | 第46-51页 |
| ·The Optimization based on Chinese cognitive structure of color in color domain | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Optimization based on Chinese cognitive structure of color in non-color domain | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-56页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第52页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第52-54页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第54-56页 |
| Dictionaries | 第56-57页 |
| References | 第57-59页 |