| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of This Dissertation | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance | 第12页 |
| ·Organization | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Prepositional Polysemy Networks | 第14-21页 |
| ·Prepositional Polysemy | 第14-15页 |
| ·Different Views Towards Prepositional Polysemy | 第15-19页 |
| ·Traditional Views | 第15页 |
| ·Cognitive Views | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Notion of Semantic Networks | 第18-19页 |
| ·Discussion about the Previous Research | 第19-21页 |
| ·Categorization of Meaning | 第19-20页 |
| ·Different Categorization Contrasted | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter Three Hypothesis of the Present Study | 第21-30页 |
| ·Categories and Categorization | 第21-24页 |
| ·Classical Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Application of Prototype Theory | 第24-26页 |
| ·Focusing on the Preposition in | 第26-30页 |
| ·in as a Polysemous Word | 第26页 |
| ·Previous Studies on in | 第26-28页 |
| ·Hypothesis on in | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Semantic Network of in | 第30-70页 |
| ·Principled Polysemy Networks | 第30-33页 |
| ·Determination of the Primary Sense | 第30-31页 |
| ·Principles Distinguishing Senses | 第31-33页 |
| ·Representation of the Network | 第33-63页 |
| ·Semantic Network for in | 第33-34页 |
| ·Primary Sense | 第34-39页 |
| ·Description of the Primary Sense | 第34-36页 |
| ·Linguistic Evidence | 第36-37页 |
| ·Psychological Evidence | 第37-39页 |
| ·Other Senses | 第39-63页 |
| ·Somewhere not out of Something | 第40-55页 |
| ·In Some Manner | 第55-61页 |
| ·Into | 第61-63页 |
| ·Analyses of Internal Semantic Structure | 第63-70页 |
| ·Prototypical Sense | 第63-65页 |
| ·Marginal Senses | 第65页 |
| ·Family Resemblance | 第65-70页 |
| Chapter Five Semantic Overlaps with Other Prepositions | 第70-81页 |
| ·Illustration of Overlaps with Other Prepositions | 第70-72页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis | 第72-73页 |
| ·Degree of Membership | 第72-73页 |
| ·Fuzziness of Cognitive Categories | 第73页 |
| ·Experiential Basis | 第73-81页 |
| ·Factors Resulting in Semantic Overlaps Between in and Other Prepositions | 第73-76页 |
| ·Analysis in Terms of Determining Factors | 第76-80页 |
| ·Summary | 第80-81页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·The Conceptualized World by in | 第81页 |
| ·The Role of Prototypical Model in Human Conceptualization | 第81-83页 |
| ·Implication on Teaching and Learning Vocabulary | 第83-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-90页 |
