| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-20页 |
| ·Research Motivation and Purpose | 第14-17页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review and Methodology | 第20-42页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation of the Study | 第20-32页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第20-23页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第23-27页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第27-30页 |
| ·Metonymy-Producing Relationships | 第27-29页 |
| ·Principles Determining the Preferred Vehicle | 第29-30页 |
| ·Interaction of Metaphor and Metonymy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Body-Part Terms | 第32-38页 |
| ·Foreign Studies of Body-Part Terms | 第32-34页 |
| ·Domestic Studies of Body-Part Terms | 第34-37页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第37-38页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第38-39页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第39-42页 |
| Chapter Three Analyses of the Extended Senses of Body-Part Terms in English | 第42-62页 |
| ·The Number of Extended Senses | 第42-52页 |
| ·The Number of Extended Senses of Body-Part Terms | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Features of the Number of Extended Senses | 第45-46页 |
| ·Influential Factors | 第46-52页 |
| ·Word Frequency | 第46-49页 |
| ·Cognitive Salience | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Category Number of Extended Senses | 第52-57页 |
| ·The Category Number of Extended Senses of Body-Part Terms | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Features of the Category Number of Extended Senses | 第55-57页 |
| ·Influential Factors | 第57页 |
| ·The Content of Extended Senses | 第57-62页 |
| ·Extended Senses from the Shapes of Body Parts | 第58页 |
| ·Extended Senses from the Positions of Body Parts | 第58-59页 |
| ·Extended Senses from the Functions of Body Parts | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Mechanisms of the Semantic Extensions of Body-Part Terms | 第62-94页 |
| ·The Bases of Semantic Extension of Body-Part Terms | 第62-65页 |
| ·The Paths of Semantic Extensions of Body-Part terms | 第65-94页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mappings | 第65-77页 |
| ·Similarity in Shape | 第66-67页 |
| ·Similarity in Position | 第67-75页 |
| ·Similarity in Function | 第75-77页 |
| ·Metonymic Mappings | 第77-91页 |
| ·BODY PART FOR PERSON | 第78-80页 |
| ·BODY PART FOR EMOTION | 第80-85页 |
| ·BODY PART FOR ITS FUNCTION | 第85-88页 |
| ·BODY PART FOR ACTION | 第88-91页 |
| ·Metaphtonymic Models | 第91-94页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Analysis of the Semantic Extensions of Body-Part Terms in English and Chinese | 第94-112页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences | 第94-103页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Number of Extended Senses | 第94-101页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Content of Extended Senses | 第101-103页 |
| ·Interpretation of Similarities and Differences | 第103-112页 |
| ·Culture and Metaphor | 第103-105页 |
| ·Reflection on the Semantic Extensions of Body-Part Terms | 第105-112页 |
| ·Thinking Patterns | 第105-107页 |
| ·Social Values | 第107-109页 |
| ·Conventional Causes | 第109-112页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第112-118页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Research | 第112-115页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第115-118页 |
| Bibliography | 第118-124页 |
| Appendix | 第124-126页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第126-128页 |
