| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第11-12页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Rationale for the Present Research | 第13-15页 |
| ·Focusing on the Preposition 'on' in the Present Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methodology | 第16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Relevant Studies | 第17-31页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-23页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Linguistic Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Mapping | 第20-22页 |
| ·Lakoff's Classification of Metaphors | 第22-23页 |
| ·Metaphor and Lexicography | 第23-31页 |
| ·Traditional Metaphor Theories and Lexicography | 第23-24页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Lexicography | 第24-27页 |
| ·Labeling of Metaphorical Senses in Dictionaries | 第24-25页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Proposals for Construction of Metaphor Entries in Dictionaries | 第26-27页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphors and Lexicography | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Analysis of Preposition On | 第31-47页 |
| ·Image Schema Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Spatial Concept of the Preposition'on' | 第33-36页 |
| ·Geometrical Accounts | 第33-34页 |
| ·Functional Accounts | 第34-36页 |
| ·Extensions from Static to Non-static | 第36页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension of the Preposition'on' | 第36-43页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension from Figure 1 | 第37-40页 |
| ·'On'Introducing a Means of Transportation | 第37-38页 |
| ·'On'Introducing a Means of Dependence/Basis | 第38-39页 |
| ·'On'Introducing a Sense of Burden | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension from Figure 2 | 第40-42页 |
| ·'On'Indicating Relevance | 第40页 |
| ·'On'Meaning Possession | 第40-41页 |
| ·'On'Meaning 'in a State/Process' | 第41-42页 |
| ·'On'Indicating a Particular Time | 第42页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension from Figure 3 | 第42-43页 |
| ·Target Domains of Preposition'on' | 第43-45页 |
| ·Manner as the Target Domain | 第43-44页 |
| ·Cause as the Target Domain | 第44页 |
| ·Situation as the Target Domain | 第44-45页 |
| ·State as the Target Domain | 第45页 |
| ·Time as the Target Domain | 第45页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four How the Big Five Deal with Prepositions | 第47-66页 |
| ·Profile of 'on' in the Big Five | 第47-53页 |
| ·Collins COBUILD English-Chinese Dictionary (CCECD) | 第47-49页 |
| ·Macmillan English-Chinese Dictionary (MECD) | 第49-50页 |
| ·Cambridge International Dictionary of English (with Chinese Translation)(CIDE) | 第50-52页 |
| ·Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (New Edition) (LDOCE) | 第52页 |
| ·Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary (OALECD) | 第52-53页 |
| ·Comparison | 第53-64页 |
| ·Order of the Definitions | 第53-57页 |
| ·Definitional Practice | 第57-60页 |
| ·Defining 'on' by Another Spatial Preposition | 第58-59页 |
| ·Vague or Inaccurate Sense Information about'on' | 第59-60页 |
| ·Exemplification | 第60-61页 |
| ·Information about Paradigmatic Semantic Contrast | 第61-64页 |
| ·Pictorial Illustration | 第64页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Five Practical Proposals | 第66-78页 |
| ·Order of the Definitions | 第66-68页 |
| ·Definitional Practice | 第68-69页 |
| ·Exemplification | 第69-70页 |
| ·Pictorial Illustration | 第70-72页 |
| ·Testing the System | 第72-78页 |
| ·The Preposition'on' | 第72-74页 |
| ·The Preposition'in' | 第74-78页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Implications of the Present Study | 第79-80页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第80-81页 |
| REFERENCES | 第81-85页 |
| Dictionaries | 第81页 |
| Other Literature | 第81-85页 |
