| 中文摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Theoretical Considerations for the Current Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objective of This Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第14-15页 |
| ·Originality of This Thesis | 第15页 |
| ·Outline of This Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·Definition of Polysemy | 第17-18页 |
| ·Traditional Research Issues | 第18-22页 |
| ·Semantic Change | 第18-19页 |
| ·Ambiguity | 第19-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Word Meaning | 第22-27页 |
| ·Formal Approach to Word Meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Functional Approach to Word Meaning | 第23-24页 |
| ·Psycho linguistic Approach to Word Meaning | 第24-25页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Word Meaning | 第25-26页 |
| ·Concluding Remarks | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Body Terms | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-47页 |
| ·General Cognitive Mechanisms | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第33-40页 |
| ·Metaphorical Systematicity | 第34-35页 |
| ·Conceptual Mapping | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Image-schematic Basis of Conceptual Mapping | 第36-37页 |
| ·Unidirectionality of Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Invariance | 第38-39页 |
| ·Primary Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第40-43页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·Development of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第43-47页 |
| ·Theoretical Development of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第43-45页 |
| ·Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Four Theoretical Framework of the Current Study | 第47-59页 |
| ·Polysemy as a Conceptual Phenomenon | 第47页 |
| ·The Body Term of "eye" as Object of Analysis | 第47-51页 |
| ·Embodied Cognition Hypothesis | 第48页 |
| ·Features of Body Terms | 第48-49页 |
| ·Processing ofPolysemous “eye” | 第49-51页 |
| ·Cognitive Semantics as Theoretical Basis | 第51-52页 |
| ·Semantic Structure is Conceptual Structure | 第51-52页 |
| ·Meaning Construction is Conceptualization | 第52页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory as an Analytic Method | 第52-59页 |
| ·Mental Operation of Conceptual Metaphor | 第53-54页 |
| ·Advantages of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第54-55页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension of Polysemous Body Terms | 第55-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conceptual Metaphorical Analysis of "Eye" | 第59-81页 |
| ·Various Senses of "eye" | 第59-62页 |
| ·Primary Sense of "eye" | 第62-64页 |
| ·Sense Differentiation and Description | 第64-70页 |
| ·The Sense of "ability to see" | 第64-65页 |
| ·The Sense of "a look，glance，expression, or gaze" | 第65页 |
| ·The Sense of "attention” | 第65-66页 |
| ·The Sense of "a particular way of seeing something" | 第66-67页 |
| ·The Sense of "a structure or making having the shape of an eye" | 第67-68页 |
| ·The Sense of "an area that is approximately central within some larger region; a position that is at one end of a larger entity" | 第68页 |
| ·The Sense of "look at" | 第68页 |
| ·The Semantic Network of "eye" | 第68-70页 |
| ·Sense Extension of "eye" | 第70-77页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping of Shape | 第71-73页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping of Spatial Relation | 第73-75页 |
| ·Senses Extended From Functional Characteristics of Eye | 第75-77页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping of Function | 第75-76页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy o f "eye" | 第76-77页 |
| ·Container Metaphor and Personification of "eye" | 第77-79页 |
| ·Eye as a Container | 第77-78页 |
| ·Personification of Eye | 第78-79页 |
| ·Summary | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第81-84页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of This Research | 第82-83页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Study | 第83-84页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第84-89页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第89页 |
