| Declaration | 第1-4页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第8-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·Rationale of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The theme and task of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第14页 |
| ·The objectives of the present study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Unsatisfactory treatment of the definitions of colour terms in bilingual dictionaries | 第15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Methodology and delimitations | 第17-18页 |
| ·Methodology | 第17-18页 |
| ·Delimitations | 第18页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Relevant studies | 第19-26页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·The theory of prototype | 第19-22页 |
| ·A brief introduction to Cognitive linguistics | 第19-20页 |
| ·Introduction to the theory of prototype | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cognitive prototype and colour terms | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 How are current BDs dealing with BLACK | 第26-45页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Why the colour term BLACK is chosen | 第26-30页 |
| ·The colour term BLACK in bilingual dictionaries | 第30-41页 |
| ·The head-word "black" in ECBDs | 第31-36页 |
| ·The head-word "黑" (hei) in CEBDs | 第36-41页 |
| ·Contrast and discussion on the prototypical and marginal meanings of BLACK | 第41-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Cultural meanings of colour terms and a survey of how they are presently dealt with in BDs | 第45-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·The study of colour terms in linguistics and their general characteristics | 第45-46页 |
| ·Colour terms and different cultures | 第46-53页 |
| ·Language and culture | 第47-48页 |
| ·Cultural prototype | 第48-50页 |
| ·Similarities and differences in cultural cognition about colour terms | 第50-52页 |
| ·The influence of culture upon colour terms | 第52-53页 |
| ·A survey of how current BDs deal with colour terms, focusing on deficiencies | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 5 A Questionnaire on Colour Terms | 第57-66页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57页 |
| ·The significance of definitions from the user's perspective | 第57-58页 |
| ·The questionnaire | 第58-59页 |
| ·The user's need for cultural information in a bilingual dictionary—based on the questionnaire | 第59-61页 |
| ·Improvement of defining colour terms in BDs | 第61-63页 |
| ·The need to apply cognitive linguistic theories to defining colour terms in BDs | 第63-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter 6 The construction of a model | 第66-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第66页 |
| ·What should be considered in bilingual dictionary defining | 第66-68页 |
| ·Application of the model | 第68-70页 |
| ·Some examples to test the model | 第70-74页 |
| ·Significance of the model | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第76-80页 |
| ·A survey of the present study | 第76-77页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第79-80页 |
| References: | 第80-87页 |
| 1. Dictionaries cited: | 第80页 |
| 2. Other publications: | 第80-86页 |
| 3. Sources on the internet: | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix | 第87-90页 |
