| 中文摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12页 |
| ·Motivations of the Research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significances of the Research | 第13-14页 |
| ·Outline of the Paper | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-21页 |
| ·Polysemy | 第15-17页 |
| ·The definition of polysemy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Polysemy and homonymy | 第16-17页 |
| ·Major Approaches to Researching Polysemy | 第17-21页 |
| ·The traditional approach to polysemy | 第17-18页 |
| ·The cognitive approach to polysemy | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Study on Cognitive Metaphor and Metonymy | 第21-32页 |
| ·Experientialism as Philosophical Foundation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Study on Metaphor | 第22-26页 |
| ·Traditional study on metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive study on metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| ·Theoretical Study on Metonymy | 第26-32页 |
| ·Traditional study on metonymy | 第26-27页 |
| ·Cognitive study on metonymy | 第27-29页 |
| ·The relationship between cognitive metaphor and metonymy | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Functions of Cognitive Metaphor and Metonymy in theFormation of English Polysemy | 第32-40页 |
| ·Relationship among Cognitive Metaphor, Metonymy and English Polysemy | 第32-34页 |
| ·Mechanism of Cognitive Metaphor in the Formation of English Polysemy | 第34-36页 |
| ·Mechanism of Cognitive Metonymy in the Formation of English Polysemy | 第36-38页 |
| ·Connection between the Two Mechanisms in the Formation of English Polysemy | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 5 Case Study of a Polysemous Word HEAD | 第40-47页 |
| ·Reason of Selecting HEAD | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis of Head | 第41-44页 |
| ·Summary of the Analysis | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 6 Implications of the Research for EFL Teaching andLexicography | 第47-51页 |
| ·Findings of the Research | 第47-48页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第48页 |
| ·Implications of the Research | 第48-51页 |
| ·Implications for EFL teaching | 第48-50页 |
| ·Implications for lexicography | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第56页 |
