| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-19页 |
| ·Background of the Present Study | 第13页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Present Study | 第13-17页 |
| ·Layout of This Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter one Literature Review | 第19-37页 |
| ·Researches on Perception | 第19-25页 |
| ·Specialized Researches on Perception | 第19-22页 |
| ·Synaesthetic Researches on Perception | 第22-24页 |
| ·Comments on Previous Researches on Perception | 第24-25页 |
| ·Researches on Perception Verbs | 第25-35页 |
| ·Semantic Researches on Perception Verbs | 第25-31页 |
| ·Syntactic Researches on Perception Verbs | 第31-32页 |
| ·Comments on Previous Researches on Perception Verbs | 第32-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundations | 第37-47页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory | 第37-41页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第41-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-47页 |
| Chapter Three The Generation and Expansion of the Perception Concept | 第47-81页 |
| ·Generation of the Perception Concept | 第47-56页 |
| ·Definitions and Characteristics of Perception | 第47-51页 |
| ·Experiential Basis of the Perception Concept | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Perception Concept and Its Componential Elements | 第52-56页 |
| ·The Perception Concept | 第52-53页 |
| ·Componential Elements of the Perception Concept | 第53-56页 |
| ·Expansion of the Perception Concept | 第56-80页 |
| ·Prototypes of the Perception Concept | 第57-62页 |
| ·Non-prototypes of the Perception Concept | 第62-67页 |
| ·Mental Perception | 第63-65页 |
| ·Social Perception | 第65-67页 |
| ·Motivation and Foundation of the Expansion | 第67-70页 |
| ·Motivation of the Expansion | 第67-68页 |
| ·Foundation of the Expansion | 第68-70页 |
| ·Processes of the Expansion and Their Mechanisms | 第70-80页 |
| ·Expansion from Physical Perception to Mental Perception and Its Mechanism | 第70-76页 |
| ·Expansion from Physical Perception to Social Perception and Its Mechanism | 第76-80页 |
| ·Summary | 第80-81页 |
| Chapter Four The Generation and Expansion of the Perceptional Sentence in English | 第81-107页 |
| ·Generation of the Perceptional Sentence | 第81-88页 |
| ·Linguistic Representation of the Perception Concept | 第81-85页 |
| ·Syntactic Structures of the Perceptional Sentence | 第85-88页 |
| ·Expansion of the Perceptional Sentence | 第88-104页 |
| ·Prototypes of the Perceptional Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第88-94页 |
| ·Non-prototypes of the Perceptional Sentence and Their Syntactic Features | 第94-98页 |
| ·Processes of the Expansion of the Perceptional Sentence | 第98-104页 |
| ·Expansion Resulting from the Expansion of the Perception Concept | 第99-101页 |
| ·Expansion Resulting from the Profiling of the Perception Chain | 第101-104页 |
| ·Summary | 第104-107页 |
| Conclusion | 第107-111页 |
| Bibliography | 第111-117页 |
| Appendix | 第117-119页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第119-121页 |
