| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·The Definition of Abstract Nouns | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Significance of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Aim of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies of the Countability of Abstract Nouns | 第17-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Quirk et al.’s Grammatical Approach to the Countability of Nouns | 第17-21页 |
| ·Bloomfield’s Semantic Approach to the Countability of Nouns | 第21-23页 |
| ·Langacker’s Cognitve Approach to the Countability of Nouns | 第23-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis: A Metaphorical Approach | 第28-45页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 第28-32页 |
| ·A Historical Review of Cognitive Linguistics | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis of Cognitive Linguistics | 第29-30页 |
| ·Three Approaches in Cognitive Linguistics | 第30-32页 |
| ·Categorization and Metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| ·Categorization in the View of Cognitive Linguistics | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metaphor in the View of Cognitive Linguistics | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Relationship between Categorization and Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Building a Theoretical Basis for the Study of the Countability of Abstract Nouns from a Metaphorical Perspective | 第35-44页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Principle of Mapping | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Categories of Metaphor | 第39-43页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Relationship among These Three Categories of Metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Metaphor | 第43-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Countability of Abstract Nouns: A Metaphorical Approach | 第45-58页 |
| ·Langacker’s Bounding Criterion of the Countability of Nouns | 第45-46页 |
| ·Metaphors as Cognitive Instruments in Understanding Abstract Nouns | 第46-48页 |
| ·Bounding in Terms of Metaphor | 第48-57页 |
| ·The Physical Basis of the Bounding Metaphor in Terms of Metaphor | 第48-50页 |
| ·Three Approaches to Bounding in Terms of Metaphor | 第50-56页 |
| ·Bounding by Ontological Metaphor | 第50-53页 |
| ·Bounding by Structural Metaphor | 第53-55页 |
| ·Bounding by Orientational Metaphor | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Bounding in Terms of Metaphor | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Five An Experiment Study of the Metaphorical Approach to the Countability of Abstract Nouns | 第58-65页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Experiment | 第58-59页 |
| ·Subjects of the Experiment | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Metaphorical Theory Basis | 第60页 |
| ·The Research Method and Procedure | 第60-64页 |
| ·The Research Method | 第60页 |
| ·The Research Procedure | 第60-64页 |
| ·Stage One: To prove the Effectiveness of the Metaphorical Approach to the Countability of Abstract Nouns | 第60-62页 |
| ·Stage Two: To prove the Valid Period of the Metaphorical Approach to the Countability of Abstract Nouns | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications for Vocabulary Teaching | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications for English Teachers | 第66页 |
| ·Implications for English Learners | 第66-67页 |
| ·Implications for Textbook Designers | 第67页 |
| ·Limitations | 第67-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第73-74页 |
| Appendix 4 | 第74-76页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第76页 |
