| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| 1. Background of the Study | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Motivations of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| 3. Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Studies on Color Terms in General | 第16-22页 |
| ·Studies on bai "白"(white)in Chinese | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations and Research Methodology of the Thesis | 第26-40页 |
| ·Theoretical Background | 第26-38页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Image Schema Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第35-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Prototypical Meaning of the Color Term bai | 第40-48页 |
| ·The Prototypical Meaning of bai | 第40-41页 |
| ·Supporting Evidence of the Prototypical Meaning | 第41-45页 |
| ·Analysis Based on the Prototype Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Definitions of bai in Dictionaries | 第42-43页 |
| ·Result of Two Verbal Tests | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Semantic Features of bai in the Prototype | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter 4 Prototype-Based Extended Meanings of the Color Term bai | 第48-78页 |
| ·Prototype-Based Extended Meanings of the Color Term bai | 第48-50页 |
| ·Interpretations of the Prototype-Based Extended Meanings | 第50-78页 |
| ·The Schematic-Related Extension | 第51-55页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extensions | 第55-65页 |
| ·Metonvmic Extensions | 第65-74页 |
| ·History-Based and Borrowed-Translation Extensions | 第74-78页 |
| Chapter 5 Interaction Between the Prototypical and Prototype-Based Extended Meanings of the Color Term bai | 第78-94页 |
| ·Correlations among Different Senses of bai | 第78-82页 |
| ·Derivation from the Prototypical Meaning to the Extended Meanings | 第82-86页 |
| ·An Explanation of the Radial Semantic Structure | 第86-94页 |
| Conclusion | 第94-98页 |
| Bibliography | 第98-102页 |
| Appendix | 第102-104页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第104-106页 |
