| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 0.1 Background of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 0.2 Objectives of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 0.3 Layout of This Thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter One Literature review | 第17-23页 |
| 1.1 Previous Research on Color Words in Chinese | 第17-20页 |
| 1.2 Previous Research on Color Words in Other Languages | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3 Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第23-33页 |
| 2.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 Construction Theory | 第27-33页 |
| Chapter Three A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Basic ColorWords in Chinese | 第33-81页 |
| 3.1 The Definition and Selection of Basic Color Words in Chinese | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 Basic Meanings and Semantic Extensions of Basic Color Words inChinese | 第35-59页 |
| 3.2.1 Basic Semantics and Extended Semantics of “bai” | 第35-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Basic Semantics and Semantic Extensions of “hei” | 第42-48页 |
| 3.2.3 Basic Semantics and Semantic Extensions of “hong” | 第48-52页 |
| 3.2.4 Basic Semantics and Semantic Extensions of “huang” | 第52-56页 |
| 3.2.5 Basic Semantics and Extended Semantics of “lv” | 第56-59页 |
| 3.3 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of BasicColor Words in Chinese | 第59-81页 |
| 3.3.1 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of“bai” | 第59-66页 |
| 3.3.2 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of“hei” | 第66-71页 |
| 3.3.3 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of“hong” | 第71-74页 |
| 3.3.4 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of“huang” | 第74-78页 |
| 3.3.5 Metaphors and Metonymies in Semantic Extensions of“lv” | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Syntactic Analysis of Basic ColorWords in Chinese | 第81-105页 |
| 4.1 The Definition and Selection of Syntactic Structures of BasicColor Words in Chinese | 第81-83页 |
| 4.2 Predicate Structure of Basic Color Words in Chinese | 第83-92页 |
| 4.2.1 Predicate Structures of“bai” | 第83-85页 |
| 4.2.2 Predicate Structures of“hei” | 第85-87页 |
| 4.2.3 Predicate Structures of“hong” | 第87-90页 |
| 4.2.4 Predicate Structures of“huang” | 第90页 |
| 4.2.5 Predicate Structures of“lv” | 第90-92页 |
| 4.3 Semantics Related to Predicate Structures of Basic ColorWords in Chinese | 第92-95页 |
| 4.4 An Analysis of the Relationship between Semantics and Syntactic Structures of Basic Color Words in Chinese Based onConstruction Grammar | 第95-105页 |
| Conclusion | 第105-109页 |
| 1.Major Findings of the Research | 第105-107页 |
| 2.Limitations and prospects of the thesis | 第107-109页 |
| Bibliography | 第109-113页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第113-114页 |
