| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·A Brief Survey of the Polysemy | 第10-11页 |
| ·Aims of the Thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·Stages of English Meaning Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Stage of Scholium | 第12页 |
| ·The Stage of Traditional Semantics | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Stage of Modern Semantics | 第13页 |
| ·Past Approaches to the Polysemy | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Naming Theory by Plato | 第14页 |
| ·Historical Comparative Linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| ·Other Approaches | 第15-17页 |
| ·An Overview of Cognitive Linguistics | 第17-19页 |
| ·Relationship between Cognition and Language | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theories on Cognitive Models | 第22-40页 |
| ·Theories on Metaphor | 第22-28页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·Types of Metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| ·Structural Metaphors | 第24-25页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphors | 第26-28页 |
| ·Theories on Metonymy | 第28-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metonymy | 第29-30页 |
| ·Types of Metonymy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Differences between Metaphor and Metonymy | 第32-34页 |
| ·Theories on Image Schema | 第34-39页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Image Schema | 第35-38页 |
| ·Major Properties of Image Schema | 第38-39页 |
| ·Relationship between Metaphor,Metonymy and Image Schema | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Analysis on "Head" | 第40-51页 |
| ·Meanings of "Head" in Dictionaries | 第40-42页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of "Head" | 第42-51页 |
| ·Analysis of "Head" by Means of Metaphor | 第42-45页 |
| ·Analysis of "Head" by Means of Metonymy | 第45-48页 |
| ·Analysis of "Head" by Means of Image Schema | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55页 |
