| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-19页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Polysemous Phenomenon | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Studies about Alphabets and Monograms | 第14-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第19-29页 |
| ·The Relation between Form and Meaning | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Relation between Multiple Meanings of One Symbol | 第20-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Semantics | 第24-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Meaning to Meaning Extension | 第29-39页 |
| ·Polysemous Phenomena of Alphabets and Monograms | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Stages of Meaning Evolution | 第32-33页 |
| ·Meaning Chain and Radial Networks | 第33-39页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cognitive Understanding ofAlphabets and Monograms | 第39-49页 |
| ·Polysemization and Prototypical Categorization | 第39-41页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy: Two Processes of Polysemization | 第41-46页 |
| ·Cognitive Model in Alphabets' and Monograms' Original Meanings | 第46-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
| Appendix | 第53-54页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第54-55页 |
