| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of the Present Study | 第11页 |
| ·The Research Questions | 第11页 |
| ·Methodology of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Present Study | 第12页 |
| ·Outline of This Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Researches Abroad | 第14-18页 |
| ·Philosophical Explanation | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Newtonian Heritage | 第15页 |
| ·The Analogical Prototype Theory of Eleanor Rosch | 第15-16页 |
| ·Magnus’Cross-Cultural Investigation of Color Terms | 第16页 |
| ·The Theory of Basic Color Terms | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Researches at Home | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第21-34页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis | 第21-25页 |
| ·Experientialism | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Bodily Experience | 第22-24页 |
| ·Physical Experience | 第22-23页 |
| ·Neural Experience | 第23-24页 |
| ·Psychological Experience | 第24页 |
| ·Color Eperience and Lexical Meaning Extension | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Theory of Prototype | 第25-29页 |
| ·The Theory of Prototype | 第25-27页 |
| ·Polysemous Categories | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Cognitive Cultural Prototype and Connotation of Color Terms | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Derivational Mechanism of Meaning Extension | 第29-34页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Mechanism of Meaning Extension | 第30-31页 |
| ·Synaesthesia | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Definition of Synaesthesia | 第31-32页 |
| ·Synaesthetic Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter 4 The Metaphorical Meaning of English and Chinese Basic Color Terms | 第34-54页 |
| ·English and Chinese Basic Color Terms | 第34页 |
| ·Definition of Meaning | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Necessity of Comparative Study | 第36页 |
| ·Hypothesis | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第37-38页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-54页 |
| ·The Frequency and Percentage of Color Terms | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Meaning of English and Chinese Basic Color Terms | 第40-52页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Meaning of Group 1 | 第41-48页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Meaning of Group 2 | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Meaning of Group 3 | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Meaning of Group 4 | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Mechanism of Lexical Meaning Extension | 第54-67页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis of Construction of Metaphorical Meanings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Polysemous Categories of the Basic Color Terms | 第55-59页 |
| ·The Cultural Prototype of Basic Color Terms | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Openness of Polysemous Categories of the Basic Color Terms | 第56-57页 |
| ·The Derivation of Non-prototypical Meanings of the Basic Color Terms | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Derivational Mechanism of Lexical Meaning Extension | 第59-65页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第59-63页 |
| ·Metaphor on the Base of the Universal Color Experience | 第60-61页 |
| ·Metaphor on the Base of the Specific Culture Consideration | 第61-63页 |
| ·Synesthesia | 第63-65页 |
| ·Synesthesia on the Perceptual Basis | 第63-64页 |
| ·Synesthesia on the Cultural Basis | 第64-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65页 |
| ·The Causes of Similarities and Dissimilarities in Metaphorical Meanings | 第65-67页 |
| ·The Causes of Similarities | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Causes of Dissimilarities | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第67页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Study | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
