| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter I Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Proper Nouns | 第12-14页 |
| ·Polysemy Research in Cognitive Semantics | 第14-16页 |
| ·Conversion of English Proper Nouns | 第16-19页 |
| ·Definition of conversion | 第16-17页 |
| ·Natural and Unnatural Conversion | 第17-19页 |
| ·Classification of Converted English Proper Nouns | 第19-23页 |
| ·CEPNS From names of people | 第19-22页 |
| ·CEPNS From names of places | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical Basis of the Conversion of English Proper Nouns | 第23-34页 |
| ·Experientialism as the Philosophical Foundation | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Prototype Model as the Theoretical Framework | 第25-27页 |
| ·Domain | 第27-28页 |
| ·Metonymy and Metaphor | 第28-34页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Differences and Combinations of Metonymy and Metaphor | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter III Metonymy and the Initial Extended Meaning of CEPN | 第34-45页 |
| 3. 1 Some Knowledge about ICM | 第34-36页 |
| ·ICM and the Conversion of Proper Nouns | 第36-45页 |
| ·ICM and Conversion of Names of people | 第37-41页 |
| ·ICM and Conversion of Names of Place | 第41-45页 |
| Chapter IV Polysemy of CEPNS | 第45-62页 |
| 4. 1 Two Main Extending Processes of Word Meaning | 第46-51页 |
| ·Radiation | 第46-49页 |
| ·Chaining | 第49-51页 |
| ·Polysemy Category | 第51页 |
| ·Polysemy Category of Converted Names of People | 第51-57页 |
| ·Polysemy Category of Converted Names of Places | 第57-62页 |
| Chapter V Cultural Cognition of Extended Meanings of CEPNS | 第62-76页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Culture | 第62-63页 |
| ·Language as the Carrier of Culture | 第62页 |
| ·Culture as the Source of Language | 第62-63页 |
| ·Definition of Culture | 第63-66页 |
| ·The Relationship between Culture and Metaphor / Metonymy | 第66-67页 |
| ·Culture and Extended Meanings of English Proper Nouns | 第67-73页 |
| ·Written Cultural Materials and Extended Meanings of CEPNS | 第67-69页 |
| ·Cultural Tradition and Extended Meanings of CEPNS | 第69-71页 |
| ·Cultural psychology and Extended Meanings of CEPNS | 第71-73页 |
| ·Conventional Knowledge and Extended Meanings of CEPNS | 第73-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-84页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第84-86页 |
