| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Three Basic Approaches to Meaning | 第9-11页 |
| ·Logical-philosophical Approach to Meaning | 第9-10页 |
| ·Structural Approach | 第10页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第10-11页 |
| ·Objective | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two Cognitive Capacities underlying Cognitive Theories | 第14-17页 |
| ·Construal | 第14页 |
| ·Figure-ground Segregation | 第14-15页 |
| ·Categorization | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Resemblance as an Explanatory Device for Semantic Naturalness Degrees | 第17-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Resemblance | 第17-19页 |
| ·Interpretation of Cognitive Resemblance | 第17-18页 |
| ·Distinction between Cognitive Resemblance and Iconicity | 第18页 |
| ·Cognitive Resemblance and Semantic Naturalness Degrees | 第18-19页 |
| ·Motivation through the Effect of Normality of Construal | 第19-20页 |
| ·Figure-Ground Segregation | 第20-25页 |
| ·Origin of Figure-Ground Segregation | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Principle of Pragnanze by Gestalt Psychologists | 第22页 |
| ·Characterizations of Figure and Ground in Their Linguistic Usages | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Realization of Figure-Ground in Semantic Naturalness Degrees of Syntactic Constructions | 第25-33页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground in Naturalness Degrees in Relation to a Semantic Event of Location | 第25-28页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground in Naturalness Degrees in Relation to a Semantic Event of Motion | 第28-29页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground in Semantic Naturalness Degrees in Non-physical Situation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Realization of Figure-Ground in Semantic Naturalness Degrees in Complex Sentences | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Prototypicality of Linguistic Categories as an Explanatory Device for Semantic Naturalness Degrees | 第33-54页 |
| ·Categories in Linguistics | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Classical View on Semantic Category | 第34-36页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Classical Approach to Categorization | 第34-35页 |
| ·Evaluation of the Classical View on Semantic Category | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Prototypical View on Semantic Category | 第36-39页 |
| ·Basic Assumptions of Prototypicality and Categorization | 第36-37页 |
| ·Characteristics of a Prototype Category | 第37-39页 |
| ·Motivation through Construal Saliency of Prototypes | 第39-41页 |
| ·Prototype Effects on Semantic Naturalness Degrees of Syntactic Constructions | 第41-54页 |
| ·The Prototypicality of Grammatical Categories | 第41-42页 |
| ·Prototype Effects on Word Meaning | 第42-45页 |
| ·Prototype Effects on Nominal Syntactic Categories | 第45-48页 |
| ·Prototype Effects on Transitive Syntactic Categories | 第48-54页 |
| Chapter Five Wide Distribution as an Explanatory Device for Semantic Naturalness Degrees | 第54-71页 |
| ·Wide Distribution | 第54-57页 |
| ·Wide Distribution on Lexical Level | 第54-55页 |
| ·Wide Distribution on Syntactic Level | 第55-56页 |
| ·Feature of Wide Distribution | 第56-57页 |
| ·Motivation through Markedness Theory | 第57-59页 |
| ·Correlation between Wide Distribution and Semantic Naturalness Degrees of Syntactic Constructions | 第59-71页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of the Adjective Antonyms | 第59-62页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of the Gender Nouns | 第62-65页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of the Setting-Subject Constructions | 第65-67页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of the Three-Participant Constructions | 第67-68页 |
| ·Wide Distribution of Other Transitive Constructions | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| ·Far-Reaching Significance of the Present Study | 第72-74页 |
| ·An Alternative Approach to Semantics | 第72-73页 |
| ·Effects on Language Learning and Teaching | 第73-74页 |
| Notes | 第74-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-79页 |
