| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Layout of the Study | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Background | 第15-29页 |
| ·The Primary Sense Generation and Semantic Extension | 第15-18页 |
| ·Studies on the Primary Sense Generation | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies on Semantic Extension | 第16-18页 |
| ·Image shema Theory | 第18-29页 |
| ·Framework of Image shema Theory | 第18-23页 |
| ·Definition of Image Schema | 第19页 |
| ·Properties of image schema | 第19-21页 |
| ·Structure of Image Schema | 第21-22页 |
| ·Basic Image Schemas | 第22-23页 |
| ·Studies on Image schema Theory | 第23-29页 |
| ·Studies on the Polysemy | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies on Semantic Extension | 第24-27页 |
| ·Studies on Pedagogic Practice | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The Role of Image Schema in Semantic Extension of the Spatial Preposition | 第29-41页 |
| ·Spatial Preposition | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Role of Image Schema in the Primary Sense Generation | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Role of Image Schema in Spatial Semantic Extension | 第32-37页 |
| ·The First Approach of Image Schema Transformation | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Second Approach of Image Schema Transformation | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Role of Image Schema in Nonspatial Semantic Extension | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter 4 A Case Study of Spatial Preposition AROUND | 第41-55页 |
| ·The Prototypical Schema and the Primary Sense of Around | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Spatial Semantic Extension of Around | 第45-51页 |
| ·Extended Senses Associated with the Non prototypical Path Schema | 第45-49页 |
| ·Extended Senses Associated with the Location Image Schema | 第49-51页 |
| ·The Non spatial Semantic Extension of Around | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Pedagogic Implication | 第55-69页 |
| ·Image schema based Instruction | 第55-66页 |
| ·Traditional Approach to Teaching Prepositions | 第56-57页 |
| ·Image schema based Instruction to Teaching Prepositions | 第57-58页 |
| ·Teaching Procedures | 第58-66页 |
| ·Collocation in Prepositional Instruction | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第69-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-77页 |
| Appendix A | 第77页 |
