| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Motivation of This Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale of This Study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Purpose and Organization of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-18页 |
| ·Some General Understandings of Polysemy | 第14-16页 |
| ·Definition of Polysemy | 第14页 |
| ·Polysemy vs.Homonymy | 第14-15页 |
| ·Polysemy vs.Ambiguity | 第15-16页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to Polysemy | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Structuralistic Approach to Polysemy | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Formalistic Approach to Polysemy | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis for the Study of Polysemy | 第18-31页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第18-21页 |
| ·Categorization | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Classical Theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·The COgnitive Theory | 第23-27页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第27-29页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four A Case Study | 第31-54页 |
| ·Human Body Word | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Importance of Human BOdy in Society and Cognition | 第31页 |
| ·Human Body Word—Hand | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Analysis of Hand in English | 第33-44页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE VERTABRATE HUMAN-HAND-LIKE ORGAN+ | 第38页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE HAND-LIKE SHAPE+ | 第38-39页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE MEASUREMENT TOOL+ | 第39页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE POINTER+(in time and space) | 第39-40页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE PERSON+ | 第40-41页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE TOOL TO FULFILL TASKS+ | 第41-42页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR CONTROLLING AND INVOLVEMENT+ | 第42-43页 |
| ·+THE HAND STANDS FOR THE HEART+ | 第43-44页 |
| ·The Analysis Shou(手)in Chinese | 第44-50页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE HUMAN-HAND-LIKE ORGAM OF INSECTS OR HALOBIOS+ | 第47页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE HAND-LIKE SHAPE+ | 第47页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE MEASUREMENT TOOL+ | 第47页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE POSITION+ | 第47页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE PERSON+ | 第47-48页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE TOOL TO FULFILL TASKS+ | 第48-49页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR CONTROLLING AND INVOLVEMENT+ | 第49-50页 |
| ·+THE SHOU STANDS FOR THE HEART+ | 第50页 |
| ·Contrastive Studies | 第50-54页 |
| ·Similarities in Semantic Extension | 第50-52页 |
| ·Diversities in Semantic Extension | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| ·Some Findings | 第54-55页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-58页 |
