| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One A Brief Introduction to the Major Theoretical Tenets and Methodological Strategies of Cognitive Linguistics | 第11-16页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics as an approach | 第11-12页 |
| ·Three fundamental characteristics of cognitive linguistics | 第12页 |
| ·Three approaches of cognitive linguistics | 第12-14页 |
| ·Linguistic categorization is the major focus | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Some Aspects of Linguistic Categorization | 第16-40页 |
| ·A classical approach to categorization | 第16-19页 |
| ·Classical theory of categorization | 第16-17页 |
| ·A classical view in semantics | 第17-18页 |
| ·Comments on classical analysis of meaning | 第18-19页 |
| ·Prototype categorization | 第19-29页 |
| ·Wittgenstein's family resemblance | 第19-21页 |
| ·Some applications and comments on family resemblance | 第21-22页 |
| ·Prototype theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Prototypic effect in vocabulary acquisition | 第24-27页 |
| ·The effect of prototype theory on polysemy | 第27-29页 |
| ·Levels of categorization | 第29-34页 |
| ·Basic level categories | 第29-30页 |
| ·Superordinate categories | 第30-31页 |
| ·Subordinate categories | 第31-33页 |
| ·The importance of basic level categories | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metaphor and metonymy | 第34-40页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第34-37页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第37-38页 |
| ·The relation between metaphor and metonymy and the role they play in semantic change and development | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Implications for Vocabulary Teaching | 第40-58页 |
| ·The importance of teaching basic words | 第40-43页 |
| ·The implications of cognitive linguistics for vocabulary memory | 第43-47页 |
| ·The effect of semantic organization on vocabulary memory | 第43-46页 |
| ·The effect of prototype theory on vocabulary memory | 第46-47页 |
| ·The implications of metaphor for vocabulary teaching | 第47-58页 |
| ·The effect of metaphor on polysemy based on basic words | 第48-50页 |
| ·The effect of metaphor on idioms | 第50-52页 |
| ·The effect of metaphor on phrasal verbs | 第52-54页 |
| ·Attach importance to connecting vocabulary teaching with culture | 第54-56页 |
| ·Metaphor and ideology | 第56-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-64页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第64-67页 |
| Synopsis | 第67-71页 |
