| 内容提要 | 第1-6页 |
| Synopsis | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One The Traditional Approach to Polysemy | 第13-24页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第13-16页 |
| ·Definition of Polysemy | 第13-14页 |
| ·Polysemy and Homonymy | 第14-15页 |
| ·Polysemy and Vagueness | 第15-16页 |
| ·Traditional Approach to Polysemy | 第16-21页 |
| ·Saussure’s Arbitrariness of the Language Sign | 第16-17页 |
| ·Semantic Feature Analysis | 第17-19页 |
| ·Semantic Field Analysis | 第19-21页 |
| ·Evaluation of the Traditional Studies of Polysemy | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Two A Cognitive Approach :The Theoretical Foundation | 第24-49页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics as a Framework to Explain Polysemy | 第24-28页 |
| ·Experientialism as Philosophical Foundation of Cognitive Linguistic | 第24-25页 |
| ·Fundamental Characteristics of Cognitive Linguistics | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Polysemy | 第27-28页 |
| ·Categorization and Prototype Theory | 第28-37页 |
| ·Classical Theory of Categorization | 第30-32页 |
| ·Prototype Theory of Categorization | 第32-34页 |
| ·Prototypicality of Polysemy | 第34-37页 |
| ·Core Meaning | 第34-36页 |
| ·Derivation of Non-prototypical Members | 第36-37页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第37-44页 |
| ·Theories on Metaphor | 第37-40页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第38-40页 |
| ·Theories on Metonymy | 第40-43页 |
| ·Traditional Views on Metonymy | 第40-41页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metonymy | 第41-43页 |
| ·Metaphor, Metonymy and Polysemy | 第43-44页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第44-49页 |
| ·The Basic Notion of Image Schema | 第45-46页 |
| ·Image Schema Transformations | 第46-47页 |
| ·Image Schema and Polysemy | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Three Case Studies: Cognitive Analysis of Polysemous Words | 第49-83页 |
| ·Selection of Target Words | 第49-52页 |
| ·Features of the Basic-level Category | 第50-51页 |
| ·Target Words From the Basic-level Category | 第51-52页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of Polysemous Body Nouns | 第52-59页 |
| ·Analysis of the Body Noun-HEAD | 第52-56页 |
| ·The Prototype of HEAD | 第52-54页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Meanings through Metaphor and Metonymy | 第54-56页 |
| ·Analysis of FACE | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Prototype of FACE | 第56-57页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Meanings through Metaphor and Metonymy | 第57-58页 |
| ·Conclusion about the Polysemous Body Nouns | 第58-59页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of Polysemous Spatial Words | 第59-73页 |
| ·Analysis of the Preposition OVER | 第59-68页 |
| ·The Central Schema of OVER | 第60-61页 |
| ·Elaborations of OVER | 第61-65页 |
| ·Meaning Extensions through Metaphor and Metonymy | 第65-67页 |
| ·Conclusion of the Polysemous Nature of OVER | 第67-68页 |
| ·Analysis of the Polysemous OUT | 第68-73页 |
| ·Central Schema of OUT | 第68-70页 |
| ·Elaborations of OUT | 第70-71页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension of Meaning | 第71-72页 |
| ·Conclusion of the Polysemous Nature of OUT | 第72-73页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of Polysemous Verbs | 第73-80页 |
| ·Analysis of Action Verbs | 第73-76页 |
| ·Analysis of Modal Verbs | 第76-79页 |
| ·Analysis of Perception Verbs | 第79-80页 |
| ·Cognitive Analysis of Emotional Words | 第80-83页 |
| Chapter Four Implications for EFL Teaching and Dictionary Compiling | 第83-86页 |
| ·Implications for EFL Vocabulary Teaching | 第83-84页 |
| ·Implications for Dictionary Compiling | 第84-86页 |
| Conclusion | 第86-89页 |
| References | 第89-94页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第94-101页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第101-108页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第108页 |
