| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Prototype | 第16-19页 |
| ·Classical Categories and Categorization | 第16-17页 |
| ·Wittgenstein's Family Resemblance | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rosch's Prototype Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Translation in Terms of Prototype | 第19-23页 |
| ·Prototype Analysis and Prototypology | 第19-21页 |
| ·Prototypical Translation Category and Prototype Effect | 第21-22页 |
| ·Prototype Meaning and Translation Equivalence | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three A Prototype-Based Framework on Translation | 第23-34页 |
| ·Proposal of Prototype-Based Approach | 第23-26页 |
| ·Modification of Prototype | 第23-25页 |
| ·Prototype Elaboration of Translation Notions | 第25-26页 |
| ·Translation as Exemplar | 第26-29页 |
| ·Translation Prototype and Exemplar | 第26-28页 |
| ·Translations as Exemplars of Integration | 第28-29页 |
| ·Translating as Prototype-Integrating Process | 第29-34页 |
| ·Proposal of Translation Formula | 第29-30页 |
| ·Common and Supplementary Attributes | 第30-32页 |
| ·Integration of Translation Prototype | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Four Case Study:Prototype-Based Approach to English Translations of Chapter Thirty-Three in Tao Te Ching | 第34-53页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Tao Te Ching and Its Translations | 第34-36页 |
| ·Forty-Nine Selected English Translations of Chapter Thirty-Three in Tao Te Ching | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analysis of Common Attributes | 第37-47页 |
| ·Original Material | 第37-41页 |
| ·Time and Space | 第41-43页 |
| ·Culture and Language | 第43-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Supplementary Attributes | 第47-51页 |
| ·Introduction, Annotation and Footnote | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cover Design and Typesetting | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations and Prospects for Further Research | 第54-55页 |
| References | 第55-59页 |
| Appendix Chapter 33 in Tao Te Ching and Its 49 Selected English Translations | 第59-72页 |
