| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| CONTENTS | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第14-15页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Rationale of the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.2 Research Questions and Significance of the Present Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Methodology | 第17-18页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO RELEVANT STUDIES OF DEFINITION AND CATEGORIZATION | 第19-25页 |
| 2.1 Major Viewpoints of Definition | 第19-22页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition from Logical View | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2 Definition from Semantic Componential View | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.3 Definition from Co-occurrence View | 第20-21页 |
| 2.1.4 Definition from Contextual View | 第21页 |
| 2.1.5 Definition from the Cognitive View | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.6 Definition from Systematic View | 第22页 |
| 2.1.7 Definition from Multi-dimensional View | 第22页 |
| 2.2 Categorization and Definition | 第22-24页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第24-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PLANT | 第25-33页 |
| 3.1 Classification from the Botanical Perspective | 第25-28页 |
| 3.1.1 Artificial Period | 第25-27页 |
| 3.1.2 Natural System Period | 第27页 |
| 3.1.3 Phylogenetic System Period | 第27-28页 |
| 3.2 Classification from the Cognitive Perspective | 第28-30页 |
| 3.2.1 Corpus of Beijing University | 第28-29页 |
| 3.2.2 A Thesaurus of Modern Chinese | 第29-30页 |
| 3.3 Classification in the Present Study | 第30-31页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DEFICIENCIES OF DEFINITIONS IN PRESENT DICTIONARIES | 第33-45页 |
| 4.1 Definition Deficiencies of Plants in Tree Category | 第34-37页 |
| 4.2 Definition Deficiencies of Plants in Bush Category | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3 Definition Deficiencies of Plants in Fruit Category | 第39-41页 |
| 4.4 Definition Deficiencies of Plants in Crop Category | 第41-42页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第42-45页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATEGORY SYSTEM OF PLANT WORDS | 第45-65页 |
| 5.1 Function of the Category System | 第45-47页 |
| 5.2 Structure of the Category System | 第47-53页 |
| 5.2.1 Classification of Lexical Relations | 第47-50页 |
| 5.2.2 Symbolic Semantic Representation | 第50-51页 |
| 5.2.3 Species Category | 第51页 |
| 5.2.4 Hyponymy | 第51-52页 |
| 5.2.5 Meronymy | 第52-53页 |
| 5.2.6 Material-product Relation | 第53页 |
| 5.2.7 Attribute-host Relation | 第53页 |
| 5.2.8 Category Member | 第53页 |
| 5.3 Theoretical Basis and Tools for the Construction of the System | 第53-63页 |
| 5.3.1 Theoretical Basis: Categorization Theory | 第53-56页 |
| 5.3.1.1 Prototype and its Role in Categorization | 第54页 |
| 5.3.1.2 Category System and the Concept Hierarchy Structure | 第54-56页 |
| 5.3.2 Data Resources for the Construction of Category System | 第56-63页 |
| 5.4 Methods of the Construction of the Category System | 第63-64页 |
| 5.5 Summary | 第64-65页 |
| CHAPTER SIX A NEW DEFINITION PATTERN BASED ON PROTOTYPE THEORY | 第65-81页 |
| 6.1 ANew Definition Pattern for Tree Category | 第65-70页 |
| 6.1.1 Structure of the Prototype of Tree Category | 第65-66页 |
| 6.1.2 Prototype and Non-prototype of Tree Category | 第66-70页 |
| 6.1.3 Tentative Proposal of New Definition Pattern for Tree Category | 第70页 |
| 6.2 A New definition Pattern for Bush Category | 第70-74页 |
| 6.2.1 Structure of the Prototype of Bush Category | 第71页 |
| 6.2.2 Prototype and Non-prototype of Bush Category | 第71-73页 |
| 6.2.3 Tentative Proposal of New Definition Pattern for Bush Category | 第73-74页 |
| 6.3 A New Definition Pattern for Fruit Category | 第74-78页 |
| 6.3.1 Structure of the Prototype of Fruit Category | 第75页 |
| 6.3.2 Prototype and Non-prototype of Fruit Category | 第75-78页 |
| 6.3.3 Tentative Proposal of New Definition Pattern for Fruit Category | 第78页 |
| 6.4 A New Definition Pattern for Crop Category | 第78-79页 |
| 6.4.1 Prototype and Non-prototype of Crop Category | 第78-79页 |
| 6.4.2 Tentative Proposal of New Definition Pattern for Vegetable Category | 第79页 |
| 6.5 Summary | 第79-81页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION | 第81-85页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings of the Present Study | 第81-82页 |
| 7.2 Implication of the Present Study | 第82页 |
| 7.3 Limitation of the Present Study | 第82-83页 |
| 7.4 Suggestions for Further Studies | 第83-85页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第85-91页 |
