| Chapter 1: Introduction | 第1-13页 |
| Chapter 2: Categories and ESL Vocabulary Teaching | 第13-27页 |
| ·Categories | 第13-21页 |
| ·Category and categorization | 第13-14页 |
| ·Prototype | 第14-16页 |
| ·Levels of categorization | 第16-21页 |
| ·Basic level categories | 第17-19页 |
| ·Superordinate categories | 第19-20页 |
| ·Subordinate categories | 第20-21页 |
| ·The priority of teaching basic level category terms | 第21-25页 |
| ·The division of superordinate category terms in ESL teaching | 第25页 |
| ·Various choices of subordinate category terms in teaching different learners | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 3: Lexicon Variation and the Semantic Motivation of Terms in ESL Vocabulary Teaching | 第27-32页 |
| ·Cognitive Models | 第27-29页 |
| ·Propositional model | 第28-29页 |
| ·Schema model | 第29页 |
| ·Metaphorical model | 第29页 |
| ·Metonymical model | 第29页 |
| ·The semantic motivation of terms | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 4: Lexical variation, Image schema and the underlying link between the polysemy of terms | 第32-42页 |
| ·Lexicon variation | 第32-37页 |
| ·Concept of lexicon | 第32-33页 |
| ·Lexical variation | 第33-37页 |
| ·Semasiological variation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Onomasiological variation | 第35页 |
| ·Contextual variation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Relations among various lexical variations | 第36-37页 |
| ·Image schema and the underlying link between polysemy of terms | 第37-42页 |
| ·Image schema | 第37-38页 |
| ·The underlying link between the polysemy of terms | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter 5: Metaphor, metonymy and idioms in ESL vocabulary teaching | 第42-55页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第42-48页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第45-46页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第46-47页 |
| ·New metaphors | 第47-48页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第48-49页 |
| ·The metaphorical meanings of idioms in ESL teaching | 第49-55页 |
| Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
