| Abstract | 第1-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-15页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第15-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-20页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第20-40页 |
| ·The semantic phenomenon:polysemy | 第20-21页 |
| ·Polysemy and homonymy | 第21页 |
| ·Traditional studies on polysemy | 第21-33页 |
| ·Philological period | 第22-23页 |
| ·Traditional semantics period | 第23-26页 |
| ·Structuralism period | 第26-33页 |
| ·The semantic triangle | 第26-27页 |
| ·The theory of semantic field | 第27-29页 |
| ·The theory of componential analysis | 第29-31页 |
| ·The behaviorism | 第31-33页 |
| ·The philosophical foundation | 第33-40页 |
| ·Objectivism | 第34-35页 |
| ·The objective ontology | 第34页 |
| ·The objective epistemology | 第34-35页 |
| ·The classical theory of categorization | 第35-38页 |
| ·The inadequacies | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第40-50页 |
| ·The philosophical foundation:experientialism | 第40-41页 |
| ·The prototype theory of categorization | 第41-44页 |
| ·Prototype categories | 第42-44页 |
| ·Prototype | 第44页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第44-47页 |
| ·Differences between cognitive linguistics and other schools | 第45-46页 |
| ·The cognitive view in lexical semantics | 第46-47页 |
| ·Cultural models | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Three Polysemy as a Cognitive Phenomenon | 第50-82页 |
| ·Polysemy as a prototype category | 第50-52页 |
| ·Types of category extension in polysemy | 第52-56页 |
| ·Derivation of non-prototypical members | 第52-55页 |
| ·The radial pattern | 第52-53页 |
| ·The concatenate pattern | 第53-54页 |
| ·The synthetic pattern | 第54-55页 |
| ·Prototype split | 第55-56页 |
| ·Mechanisms for category extension in polysemy | 第56-79页 |
| ·Two basic notions | 第57-61页 |
| ·Domain | 第57-59页 |
| ·Image schema | 第59-61页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第61-71页 |
| ·The nature of metonymy | 第62-63页 |
| ·Metonymic extension in the polysemous category | 第63-66页 |
| ·Conversion | 第66-71页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第71-77页 |
| ·The nature of metaphor | 第72-74页 |
| ·The classification of metaphor | 第74-75页 |
| ·Metaphorical extension in the polysemous category | 第75-77页 |
| ·Comparisons and combinations of metonymy and metaphor | 第77-79页 |
| ·A case study:exchange | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter Four Polysemy Modulated by Culture | 第82-102页 |
| ·Language,cognition and culture | 第82-84页 |
| ·The definition of culture | 第82-83页 |
| ·The relationship between language,cognition and culture | 第83-84页 |
| ·Cultural,cognitive universals and polysemy | 第84-85页 |
| ·Cultural,cognitive variations and polysemy | 第85-90页 |
| ·Different social environments | 第86页 |
| ·Different psychological culture | 第86-87页 |
| ·Different thinking models | 第87-90页 |
| ·English "abstract thinking" vs.Chinese "imagic thinking" | 第87-88页 |
| ·English "analytical thinking" vs.Chinese "synthetic thinking" | 第88-89页 |
| ·English "contradiction" vs.Chinese "unification" | 第89-90页 |
| ·A case study:heart and xin | 第90-102页 |
| ·Polysemous categories of HEART and XIN | 第90-96页 |
| ·Polysemous category of HEART in English | 第91-93页 |
| ·Polysemous category of XIN in Chinese | 第93-96页 |
| ·Polysemous categories of HEART and XIN postulated by universal cognitive mechanism | 第96-98页 |
| ·Metaphorical extension in polysemous categories of HEART and XIN | 第96页 |
| ·Metonymic extension in polysemous categories of HEART and XIN | 第96-98页 |
| ·Polysemous categories of HEART and X1N modulated by culture | 第98-102页 |
| ·The seat of mentality in Chinese | 第98-99页 |
| ·Courage or bravery in English | 第99-100页 |
| ·Other differences | 第100-102页 |
| Conclusion | 第102-106页 |
| Bibliography | 第106-112页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第112-114页 |
| List of Published Papers | 第114-115页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第115页 |
