| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES | 第8-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| ·BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH | 第9-10页 |
| ·PURPOSE, METHOD AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH | 第10-11页 |
| ·LAYOUT OF THE THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-33页 |
| ·GENERAL IDEA OF CONVERSION | 第12-18页 |
| ·Definitions of Conversion | 第13-15页 |
| ·Relationship Between Conversion and Word Class System | 第15页 |
| ·Main Types of Conversion in Current English | 第15-18页 |
| ·PREVIOUS RESEARCHES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS | 第18-21页 |
| ·A Brief Review of Previous Researches | 第18-20页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Researches | 第20-21页 |
| ·RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONVERSION AND COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS | 第21-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar | 第21-24页 |
| ·Basic Notions for the Analysis of Conversion | 第24-28页 |
| ·Relationship Between Conversion and Cognitive Linguistics | 第28-31页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第31-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MECHANISMS OF CONVERSION | 第33-46页 |
| ·THE PROCESS OF CHARACTERIZING CONVERSION | 第33-39页 |
| ·Profiling in Characterizing Conversion | 第33-35页 |
| ·Metonymic Mapping in the Process of Conversion | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping in Conversion | 第37-39页 |
| ·CONVERSION IN THE EXPERIENTIAL VIEW | 第39-40页 |
| ·Human Categorization in Characterizing Conversion | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphor in Characterizing Conversion | 第40页 |
| ·CONVERSION IN THE VIEW OF PROMINENCE | 第40-42页 |
| ·Profiling the Prominent Facets | 第41页 |
| ·Changing the Way of Scanning | 第41-42页 |
| ·MECHANISMS OF CONVERSION | 第42-43页 |
| ·Profiling within the Whole Cognitive Domain | 第42-43页 |
| ·Metonymic Mapping and Metaphorical Mapping | 第43页 |
| ·FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELECTION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONVERSION | 第43-44页 |
| ·Degree of Prominence | 第44页 |
| ·Perspective | 第44页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第44-46页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第46-48页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第46-47页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH | 第47页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH AND FURTHER RESEARCHES | 第47-48页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第48-49页 |
| REFERENCES | 第49-53页 |
| APPENDIX 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录 | 第53-54页 |
| 独创性声明 | 第54页 |
| 学位论文版权使用授权书 | 第54页 |
