| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·A Review of the Previous Studies of Prepositions | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Purposes of the Thesis | 第12页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Basis | 第13-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Prepositions | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Polysemy Approach to Prepositions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Basic Concepts | 第17-21页 |
| ·Related Terms | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 A Cognitive Analysis of the Preposition IN | 第23-48页 |
| ·The Selection of IN as the Objective of the Analysis | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense and Image Schema of IN | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Criteria of Defining the Prototypical Sense | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of IN | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Prototypical Image Schema of IN | 第28-29页 |
| ·An Analysis of the Semantic Extension of IN | 第29-44页 |
| ·The Domain of Time | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Domain of Number | 第33页 |
| ·The Domain of State | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Domain of Activity | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Domain of Quality | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Domain of Segmentation | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Domain of Vantage Point | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Domain of Reflexive | 第43页 |
| ·The Domain of Motion | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Semantic Network of IN | 第44-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Implications for Teaching Prepositions | 第48-64页 |
| ·The Characteristics of the Semantic Structures of Prepositions | 第48页 |
| ·The Semantic Methods | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Evidence of the Semantic Methods | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Prototype Method | 第50页 |
| ·The Semantic Network Method | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Imagery Strategy and the Object Method | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Practice of the Methods | 第52-63页 |
| ·Presenting the Prototypical Sense of a Preposition | 第53-54页 |
| ·Clarifying the Meaning in the Contrast Set | 第54-55页 |
| ·Explaining the Semantic Extension of the Preposition | 第55-60页 |
| ·Demonstrating the Semantic Network | 第60-63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
