| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Word and meaning | 第12-13页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第13-17页 |
| ·Definition | 第13-14页 |
| ·Polysemy and homonymy | 第14页 |
| ·The process of polysemization | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-22页 |
| ·The formalistic approach to polysemy | 第17-19页 |
| ·The structuralistic approach to polysemy | 第19-20页 |
| ·The views of cognitive linguistics | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations of Polysemy Studies | 第22-28页 |
| ·Image schema | 第23-25页 |
| ·Categorization | 第25-26页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Polysemy | 第28-40页 |
| ·Image schema | 第28-30页 |
| ·Embodied image schemas and transformations | 第28-29页 |
| ·The extension of meanings in spatial category | 第29-30页 |
| ·The sense extension from spatial category to abstract category | 第30页 |
| ·Categorization | 第30-34页 |
| ·Prototype shift | 第32页 |
| ·Prototype split | 第32-34页 |
| ·Metonymy and metaphor | 第34-40页 |
| ·Metonymy:fundamental process of polysemization | 第35-36页 |
| ·Metaphor:deep mechanism of polysemization | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Study of the Polysemes of the Word"Hand"in English and "手"in Chinese | 第40-48页 |
| ·The similar semantic category of"hand"corpora | 第42-46页 |
| ·The original meaning of"hand"and"手" | 第42页 |
| ·The motion of hand | 第42-43页 |
| ·The meaning of"help" | 第43页 |
| ·The meaning of"power and control" | 第43页 |
| ·The meaning of"aspect and side" | 第43-44页 |
| ·The meaning of"person" | 第44页 |
| ·The meaning of"manual worker/member of a ship crew" | 第44页 |
| ·The meaning of skill,tactics,means and etc | 第44-45页 |
| ·The meaning of handwriting | 第45页 |
| ·The meaning of number | 第45页 |
| ·The meaning of quantity | 第45-46页 |
| ·The varieties of semantic category | 第46-47页 |
| ·Things similar to"hand"in form or function | 第46页 |
| ·The meaning of"寸口"in Chinese | 第46页 |
| ·The meaning of"handcuffs,fetters or chains"in Chinese | 第46页 |
| ·"手"used in stead of"首" | 第46-47页 |
| ·Conclusion of the semantic comparision | 第47-48页 |
| Chapter Six PoIysemous Mechanism of"Hand"in English and"手"in Chinese | 第48-58页 |
| ·The prototype of"hand" | 第48页 |
| ·From part to whole:"hand"for the person | 第48-50页 |
| ·Image schema transformation:the motion of"hand" | 第50-51页 |
| ·The action of people | 第51-52页 |
| ·Resemblance metaphor | 第52页 |
| ·"Hand"as an approach | 第52-54页 |
| ·"Hand"as a container | 第54-55页 |
| ·From concrete to abstract | 第55-56页 |
| ·The correlation among the polysemes | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| ·Contributions of the thesis | 第58页 |
| ·Implications for EFL teaching and learning | 第58-60页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
