| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| 1.3 Research Purpose and Significance | 第15-16页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第18-33页 |
| 2.1 Prototype Theory | 第18-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Categorization and Prototype within Cognitive Linguistics | 第18-21页 |
| 2.1.2 Salience and Centrality,Family Resemblance and Fuzzy Boundaries | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.3 Main Characteristics of Prototypical Categories | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Polysemy | 第24-27页 |
| 2.3 Semantic Features and Prototypical Semantic Features | 第27-31页 |
| 2.4 Motivation for Prototypicality in Semantic Analysis | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 3 Case Analysis of Polysemic Words in English Prose | 第33-50页 |
| 3.1 Reasons for the Selection of Readings in Modern English Prose | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 "Mustard gas" in As I See It | 第34-36页 |
| 3.3 "Verbal end"in Politics and the English Language | 第36-38页 |
| 3.4 "Hard" in An Englishman Discovers India | 第38-41页 |
| 3.5 "Exiles" in Then and Now | 第41-43页 |
| 3.6 "Accident" in Lucidity,Simplicity, Euphony | 第43-44页 |
| 3.7 "Resignation" & "Acceptance" in Tragedy and the Whole Truth | 第44-47页 |
| 3.8 "Terror" in How to Grow Old | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| 4.1 Summary of the Present Study | 第50-51页 |
| 4.2 Limitations of the Study | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52-53页 |
| Bibliography | 第53-57页 |
| Publications in MA Program | 第57页 |
