| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| 1.2 Research Objectives | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Research Significance | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Organization | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| 2.1 Definitions of Polysemy | 第15页 |
| 2.2 Major Approaches to Researching Polysemy | 第15-26页 |
| 2.2.1 Traditional approaches to researching polysemy | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2.2 Cognitive approaches to researching polysemy | 第18-26页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第26-32页 |
| 3.1 Lexical Priming | 第26-27页 |
| 3.2 Priming as an Explanation of Collocation | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3 Collocational Network | 第28-30页 |
| 3.4 Semantic Association | 第30页 |
| 3.5 Colligation | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第32-35页 |
| 4.1 Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| 4.2 Software Employed | 第33页 |
| 4.3 Research Procedure | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Discussion | 第35-64页 |
| 5.1 Analysis of collocational patterns of devotion | 第37-45页 |
| 5.1.1 Analysis of the collocational pattern of devotion as Sense One | 第37-38页 |
| 5.1.2 Analysis of the collocational pattern of devotion as Sense Two | 第38-40页 |
| 5.1.3 Analysis of the collocational pattern of devotion as Sense Three | 第40-41页 |
| 5.1.4 Analysis of the collocational pattern of devotion as Sense Four | 第41-45页 |
| 5.1.5 A summary of priming differences of collocational patterns of eachsense of devotion | 第45页 |
| 5.2 Analysis of colligational patterns of devotion | 第45-54页 |
| 5.2.1 Analysis of the colligational pattern of devotion as Sense One | 第45-48页 |
| 5.2.2 Analysis of the colligational pattern of devotion as Sense Two | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2.3 Analysis of the colligational pattern of devotion as Sense Three | 第50-51页 |
| 5.2.4 Analysis of the colligational pattern of devotion as Sense Four | 第51-53页 |
| 5.2.5 A summary of priming differences of colligational patterns of eachsense of devotion | 第53-54页 |
| 5.3 Analysis of semantic association of devotion | 第54-58页 |
| 5.3.1 Analysis of semantic association of four senses of devotion | 第54-57页 |
| 5.3.2 A summary of priming differences of semantic association of eachsense of devotion | 第57-58页 |
| 5.4 Analysis of pragmatic association of devotion | 第58-60页 |
| 5.5 Analysis of textual features of devotion | 第60-64页 |
| 5.5.1 Analysis of textual features of four senses of devotion | 第60-62页 |
| 5.5.2 A summary of the textual features of each sense of devotion | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第64-69页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of the study | 第64-66页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the study | 第66-67页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and recommendations for further studies | 第67-69页 |
| References | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72页 |
