Chapter One Introduction | 第1-12页 |
1.1 A Retrospect of Study History on Lexical Meaning | 第7-9页 |
1.1.1 The study of lexical meaning in ancient times | 第7页 |
1.1.2 The study of lexical meaning in the 19th century | 第7-8页 |
1.1.3 The study of lexical meaning in modern times | 第8-9页 |
1.2 Methodological Matter | 第9-12页 |
1.2.1 Different views on language | 第9-11页 |
1.2.2 Different methodologies | 第11-12页 |
Chapter Two An Assumpation of Meaning Formation through Cognizing the Real World | 第12-23页 |
2.1 Why Do We Need Prototypes? | 第12-14页 |
2.2 The Relationships between Categorization, Meaning, Concept and Category | 第14页 |
2.3 The Nature of Category | 第14-15页 |
2.4 Gestalt Principle and Family Resemblance | 第15-17页 |
2.4.1 Gestalt principles | 第15-16页 |
2.4.2 Family resemblance | 第16-17页 |
2.5 Image | 第17-19页 |
2.5.1 Cognitive image | 第18-19页 |
2.5.2 The nature of cognitive image | 第19页 |
2.6 An Assumption of Meaning Formation through Cognition | 第19-23页 |
2.6.1 A brief review of cognitive theory introduced in the previous sections | 第19-21页 |
2.6.2 An assumption of meaning formation through cognition | 第21-23页 |
Chapter Three Gradience of Word Meaning | 第23-33页 |
3.1 Prototypicality of Semantic Category | 第23-28页 |
3.1.1 Prototypicality and categorization | 第23-24页 |
3.1.2 Categorial prototypicality and semantic typicality | 第24-25页 |
3.1.3 The basic level of categorization | 第25-28页 |
3.2 Motivations for Gradience of Word Meaning | 第28-29页 |
3.2.1 Culture model | 第28页 |
3.2.2 Perceptual salience | 第28-29页 |
3.3 A Case Study of MAN | 第29-33页 |
3.3.1 Basic level | 第29-30页 |
3.3.2. Super-basic level | 第30-31页 |
3.3.3. Sub-basic level | 第31页 |
3.3.4. Side level | 第31-33页 |
Chapter Four Relevance of Word Meaning | 第33-43页 |
4.1 The Similarity of Semantic Category | 第33-35页 |
4.1.1 The category GAME given by Wittgenstein | 第33页 |
4.1.2Family Resemblance | 第33-34页 |
4.1.3 Family resemblance and prototypes | 第34-35页 |
4.2 Metaphor and Metonymy: Two Cognitive Devices for the Relevance of Word Meaning | 第35-39页 |
4.2.1 Metaphor | 第36-37页 |
4.2.2 Characteristics of metaphor | 第37-38页 |
4.2.3 Metonymy | 第38页 |
4.2.4 The cognitive base of metaphor and metonymy | 第38-39页 |
4.3 A Case Study of OUT | 第39-43页 |
4.3.1 Central schema of OUT | 第39-40页 |
4.3.2 Basic meanings and locative character of OUT | 第40-41页 |
4.3.3 Metaphorical relevance of meaning | 第41-42页 |
4.3.4 Conclusion of the polysemous nature of OUT | 第42-43页 |
Chapter Five Extension of Word Meaning | 第43-55页 |
5.1 The Openness of Semantic Category | 第43-45页 |
5.1.1 Core meaning | 第43-44页 |
5.1.2 Fuzziness of semantic category | 第44-45页 |
5.2 Two Models of Extension | 第45-50页 |
5.2.1 Meaning Chain | 第45-47页 |
5.2.2 Network | 第47-50页 |
5.3 A Case Study of RUN | 第50-55页 |
5.3.1 Meanings of RUN in dictionaries | 第50页 |
5.3.2 Basic meanings of RUN | 第50-51页 |
5.3.3 Ways of meaning extension | 第51-52页 |
5.3.4 A detailed survey of the polysemic nature of RUN | 第52-54页 |
5.3.5 Conclusion about the polysemous nature of RUN | 第54-55页 |
Chapter Six Conclusion | 第55-62页 |
6.1 Summary | 第55-56页 |
6.2 Far-reaching Significance of Applying Prototype Theory to Lexical Semantics | 第56-59页 |
6.2.1 Effects on vocabulary acquisition | 第56-57页 |
6.2.2 Lexicography | 第57-58页 |
6.2.3 An alternative approach to lexical semantics | 第58-59页 |
6.3 Some Reflections on Prototype Theory | 第59-62页 |
6.3.1 The vital power of prototype theory | 第59-60页 |
6.3.2 Problems | 第60-62页 |
Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
Acknowledgement | 第65页 |