| 中文摘要I | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACTII | 第5-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO MEANING ANDCOGNITIVE APPROACH | 第8-18页 |
| ·OBJECTIVE VIEW | 第8-12页 |
| ·Meaning and Reference | 第9-10页 |
| ·Meaning and Truth | 第10-11页 |
| ·Meaning and Use | 第11-12页 |
| ·EXPERIENTIAL VIEW | 第12-18页 |
| ·Meaning and Thought | 第12-13页 |
| ·Main Proposals of Experientialism | 第13页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics | 第13-18页 |
| ·Brief History of Cognitive Linguistics | 第14页 |
| ·Main Characteristics of Cognitive Linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Status of Meaning and Meaning Construction in Cognitive Linguistics | 第15-16页 |
| ·Advantages of Cognitive Approach | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER TWO MENTAL SPACES AND CONCEPTUALINTEGRATION NETWORKS | 第18-34页 |
| ·BRIEF REVIEW OF MENTAL SPACE THEORY | 第18-22页 |
| ·Mental Space | 第19-20页 |
| ·Mappings | 第20-21页 |
| ·Access Principle | 第21页 |
| ·Mental Spaces and Meaning Construction | 第21-22页 |
| ·CONCEPTUAL BLENDING AND INTEGRATION NETWORKS | 第22-34页 |
| ·The Network Model of Conceptual Integration | 第23-28页 |
| ·Spaces Hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Operation of Spaces | 第24页 |
| ·Integration Processes and Emergent Structure | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Example of Buddhist Monk | 第25-28页 |
| ·Types of Conceptual Integration Networks | 第28-30页 |
| ·Types of Vital Relations and Their Compression | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Ubiquity of Blending | 第32-34页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CONCEPTUAL INTEGRATIONNETWORKS OF CHINESE WISECRACKS | 第34-54页 |
| ·CHINESE WISECRACKS AS THE SUBJECT IN COGNITIVE STUDY | 第34-35页 |
| ·THE METHOD OF MY STUDY | 第35-36页 |
| ·CASE STUDY | 第36-54页 |
| ·Case of Mirror Networks | 第36-40页 |
| ·Case of Single-Scope Networks | 第40-45页 |
| ·Case of Double-Scope Networks | 第45-49页 |
| ·Case of Multiple Blends | 第49-54页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第54-57页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第57-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第58-61页 |
