| 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 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-22页 |
| ·Studies on Body-related Nouns in China | 第16-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphorical Analysis of Body-related Nouns | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphorical and Metonymical Analysis of Body-related Nouns | 第17页 |
| ·Analysis of English Body-related Nouns from Other Cognitive Perspectives | 第17-19页 |
| ·Previous Cognitive Studies on English Body-related Nouns Abroad | 第19-20页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies of Body-related Nouns | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第22-33页 |
| ·Theory of Categorization | 第22-26页 |
| ·The Classic theory of Categorization | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Prototype Theory of Categorization | 第25-26页 |
| ·Theories of Conceptual Metaphor and Conceptual Metonymy | 第26-31页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metaphor-metonymy Interaction | 第30-31页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four Case Studies of Semantic Extension of the Body-related Nouns | 第33-44页 |
| ·Head | 第33-37页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of Head | 第33页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Sense through Metonymy and Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Sense through Image Schema | 第35-37页 |
| ·Heart | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of Heart | 第37页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Sense through Metonymy and Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sense through Image Schema | 第38-39页 |
| ·Face | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of Face | 第39页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Sense through Metonymy and Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Sense through Image Schema | 第40页 |
| ·Eye | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of Eye | 第40-41页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Sense through Metonymy and Metaphor | 第41页 |
| ·Sense through Image Schema | 第41-42页 |
| ·Hand | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Prototypical Sense of Hand | 第42页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Sense through Metonymy and Metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Sense through Image Schema | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Mechanism of Semantic Extension of the Body-related Nouns | 第44-53页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mechanism of Semantic Extension | 第44-46页 |
| ·Similarity in Shape | 第44-45页 |
| ·Similarity in Importance | 第45页 |
| ·Similarity in Position | 第45-46页 |
| ·Similarity in Function | 第46页 |
| ·Metonymic Mechanism of Semantic Extension | 第46-49页 |
| ·Body-part for Function | 第47页 |
| ·Body-part for Person | 第47-48页 |
| ·Body-part for Emotion | 第48页 |
| ·Body-part for Quantifier | 第48页 |
| ·Body-part for Action | 第48-49页 |
| ·Body-part for Personality | 第49页 |
| ·Metaphor-Metonymy Mechanism of Semantic Extension | 第49-50页 |
| ·Entity Metaphtonymy | 第49-50页 |
| ·Container Metaphtonymy | 第50页 |
| ·Space Metaphtonymy | 第50页 |
| ·Image Schema Mechanism | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第54页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第54-56页 |
| References | 第56-58页 |
