| Acknowledgements | 第4-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Methodology | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Corpus Collection | 第13-15页 |
| 1.4 Significance and Objectives | 第15页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| 2.1 Previous Researches on Polysemy | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Researches on Polysemy in Early Lexical Semantic Field | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.2 Researches on Polysemy in Syntactic Field | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.3 Researches on Polysemy in Cognitive field | 第19页 |
| 2.1.4 Researches on Polysemy in Language Teaching and Acquisition Field | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.5 Researches on Polysemy in Psychological Field | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Previous Researches on Body Words | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Researches on Body Words about Its Evolution Process | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on Body Words about Its Emotional Metaphor | 第24页 |
| 2.2.3 Researches on Body Words about Its Other Aspects | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第26-38页 |
| 3.1 The Prototype Category Theory | 第26-29页 |
| 3.1.1 The Classical Theory of Categorization | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.2 The New Theory of Categorization | 第27-29页 |
| 3.2 Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| 3.2.1 Definition of Metaphor | 第29页 |
| 3.2.2 Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2.3 Features of Metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.4 Classifications of Metaphor | 第32-33页 |
| 3.3 Metonymy | 第33-35页 |
| 3.3.1 Definition of Metonymy | 第33页 |
| 3.3.2 Two Main Views to Types of Metonymy | 第33-34页 |
| 3.3.3 Operational Way of Metonymy | 第34-35页 |
| 3.4 Image- schematic Theory | 第35-37页 |
| 3.4.1 Senses of Image Schema | 第35-36页 |
| 3.4.2 Dynamic Nature of Image Schema | 第36页 |
| 3.4.3 Typical Basic Image Schema | 第36-37页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four The Analysis of Meanings of Three Pairs of Body Words | 第38-55页 |
| 4.1 The Original Meaning of Head/Tou, Heart/Xin and Back/Bei | 第38-40页 |
| 4.1.1 The Arbitrary Feature of Original Meaning | 第39-40页 |
| 4.1.2 Prototypical Feature of Original Meaning | 第40页 |
| 4.2 The Extended Meanings of Head/Tou, Heart/Xin and Back/Bei | 第40-41页 |
| 4.3 The Analysis of Extended Meanings of Head/Tou | 第41-46页 |
| 4.3.1 The Metaphorical Meanings of Head and Tou | 第41-43页 |
| 4.3.2 The Metonymic Meanings of Head and Tou | 第43-45页 |
| 4.3.3 The Comparison of Extended Meanings of Head and Tou | 第45-46页 |
| 4.4 The Analysis of Extended Meanings of Heart/Xin | 第46-50页 |
| 4.4.1 The Metaphorical Meanings of Heart/Xin | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4.2 The Metonymic Meanings of Heart/Xin | 第47-49页 |
| 4.4.3 The Comparison of Extended Meanings of Heart and Xin | 第49-50页 |
| 4.5 The Analysis of Extended Meanings of Back/Bei | 第50-53页 |
| 4.5.1 The Metaphorical Meanings of Back and Bei | 第50-52页 |
| 4.5.2 The Metonymic Meanings of Back/Bei | 第52-53页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第55-58页 |
| 5.1 Results of the Analysis | 第55-56页 |
| 5.2 Reasons for the Cognitive Differences Between Chinese and English | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2.1 Difference in Historical Culture | 第56页 |
| 5.2.2 Difference in Association | 第56-57页 |
| 5.2.3 The Arbitrariness Feature of Language Itself | 第57页 |
| 5.3 Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第58页 |
| 6.2 Inspirations for Education | 第58-60页 |
| 6.2.1 Inspirations for Second Language Vocabulary Teaching | 第58-59页 |
| 6.2.2 Inspirations for Parent-child Education | 第59-60页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Prospects for Further Research | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68页 |
