| Abstract (Chinese version) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (English version) | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| ·Purposes and significance of the present study | 第10页 |
| ·Literature review | 第10-18页 |
| ·The traditional view in lexical semantics | 第11-13页 |
| ·The cognitive view in lexical semantics | 第13-16页 |
| ·The cognitive view on language | 第13-15页 |
| ·The basic tenets of lexical semantics in cognitive view | 第15-16页 |
| ·The past study of lexical polysemy | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two The Theoretical Foundation to Study Lexical Polysemy | 第18-34页 |
| ·The function of categorization in word meaning | 第18-23页 |
| ·The classical view on categories | 第18-19页 |
| ·The cognitive view on categories | 第19-21页 |
| ·The basic notion of prototype theory in word meaning | 第21-22页 |
| ·The principle of family resemblance in word meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Metaphorical mechanism and metonymic mechanism in lexical polysemy | 第23-28页 |
| ·Metaphorical mechanism in lexical polysemy | 第23-25页 |
| ·The traditional view on metaphor | 第23页 |
| ·Nature of metaphorical mechanism | 第23-25页 |
| ·The classification of metaphors | 第25页 |
| ·Metonymic mechanism in lexical polysemy | 第25-27页 |
| ·Nature of Metonymic mechanism | 第26页 |
| ·Function of Metonymic mechanism | 第26-27页 |
| ·Comparison between metonymy and metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Image schema | 第28-31页 |
| ·The basic notion of image schema | 第28-30页 |
| ·The features and functions of image schema | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cultural model | 第31-32页 |
| ·Theoretical framework to study lexical polysemy | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Analysis and Discussion to Lexical Polysemy | 第34-53页 |
| ·Selection of target words | 第34-36页 |
| ·Features of members in the basic-level category | 第34-35页 |
| ·Target words from the basic-level category | 第35-36页 |
| ·The polysemous characteristics of words for bodily parts | 第36-41页 |
| ·The detailed study of meanings of words for bodily parts | 第36-39页 |
| ·The analysis of meanings of HEAD | 第36-38页 |
| ·The analysis of meanings of HAND | 第38页 |
| ·The analysis of meanings of MOUTH | 第38-39页 |
| ·The brief analysis of meanings of words for other bodily parts | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conclusion of polysemous words for bodily parts | 第40-41页 |
| ·The polysemous nature of spatial words | 第41-47页 |
| ·The basic notion of prepositions | 第41-42页 |
| ·A case study of UNDER | 第42-46页 |
| ·The central schema of UNDER | 第43-44页 |
| ·Elaborations and locative character of UNDER | 第44-45页 |
| ·Metaphorical extension of meaning | 第45-46页 |
| ·Conclusion of the polysemous nature of UNDER | 第46-47页 |
| ·The study of polysemous verbs | 第47-51页 |
| ·The detailed survey of CLIMB and Chi (eat | 第47-50页 |
| ·The analysis of perception words | 第50页 |
| ·Conclusion about the polysemous nature of verbs | 第50-51页 |
| ·The polysemous phenomena of emotional words | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
