| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| ·The Goal of the Research | 第9页 |
| ·Main Organization and the Significance of the Research | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 A Theoretical Overview of Studies on Word Meaning and Polysemy | 第11-21页 |
| ·Word Meaning | 第11-14页 |
| ·Definition of Word | 第11-12页 |
| ·Word Form and Word Meaning | 第12-14页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第14-21页 |
| ·Definition of Polysemy | 第14-15页 |
| ·Two Processes Causing Polysemy | 第15页 |
| ·Previous Study on Polysemy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Semantic Structures of Polysemic Words | 第16-17页 |
| ·Analysis of Polysemy from Perspective of Structural Semantics | 第17-19页 |
| ·Problems with the Structural Study of Polysemy | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 3 A Cognitive Perspective Study of Polysemy with Prototype Theory | 第21-32页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第21-25页 |
| ·Defining Prototype Theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Prototypicality and the Prototypical Effects in Language | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Applications of Prototype Theory for Polysemic Research | 第25-28页 |
| ·Some Problems for Polysemic Research with the Prototype Theory | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 4 The Interpretation of Polysemy from Perspective of Lexical Pragmatics | 第32-53页 |
| ·Lexical Pragmatics | 第32-34页 |
| ·Lexicon, Semantics and Pragmatics | 第32页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Lexical Pragmatics | 第32-34页 |
| ·Pragmatic Enrichment | 第34-43页 |
| ·Pragmatic Narrowing | 第34-39页 |
| ·Pragmatic Broadening | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Interpretation of Pragmatic Enrichment on Polysemy with Relevance Theory | 第43-53页 |
| ·The Framework of Relevance Theory | 第44-46页 |
| ·Pragmatic Enrichment on Polysemy with Relevance Theory | 第46-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Introduction | 第53页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-59页 |
