| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| List of Figure | 第11-12页 |
| List of Table | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第13页 |
| ·Reasons for choosing this topic | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第14-16页 |
| ·The overall structure of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Fundamental Concepts of Polysemy | 第18-24页 |
| ·The definition and problems of polysemy | 第18-21页 |
| ·Homonymy and Polysemy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Regular and irregular Polysemy | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Rationale | 第24-50页 |
| ·The Traditional Approach of polysemy study | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Classical Category Theory | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Classical Approach studies of polysemy | 第27-29页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics approach to polysemy | 第29-40页 |
| ·The Prototypical Category Theory | 第29-32页 |
| ·The Prototypical Category and polysemy | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Philosophy foundation of Cognitive Linguistics—Experiential realism | 第38-40页 |
| ·Two Main Ways of Meaning Extension | 第40-50页 |
| ·Metaphor and polysemy | 第41-44页 |
| ·Metonymy and polysemy | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Integration of Metaphor and Metonymy and polysemy | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第50-52页 |
| ·Three concepts:DEATH, LIVE, BIRTH | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Dictionary-based Approach | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter 5 The Analysis of The Polysemous Extension of 生(BIRTH),活(LIVE)and 死(DEATH) | 第52-61页 |
| ·The analysis of conventional two-word phrases of 活 (LIVE) | 第53-56页 |
| ·The analysis of conventional two-word phrases of 生 (BIRTH) | 第56-57页 |
| ·The analysis of conventional two-word phrases of 死 (DEATH) | 第57-59页 |
| ·The grammaticalization of the three words | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusions | 第61-64页 |
| ·Major findings | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for Further Study | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-67页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第67页 |
