| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Researches into the Methods of Vocabulary Teaching | 第13-20页 |
| ·Grammar-Translation Method | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Direct Method | 第15-16页 |
| ·Audio-Lingual Method | 第16-17页 |
| ·Communication Approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Method | 第18-20页 |
| ·Current Situation of Vocabulary Teaching at Home and Abroad. | 第20-25页 |
| ·Current Situation of Vocabulary Teaching Abroad | 第20-21页 |
| ·Current Situation of Vocabulary Teaching at Home | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第25-35页 |
| ·Basic Level Category | 第25-28页 |
| ·Prototype | 第28-31页 |
| ·Some Important Concepts of Prototype Theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Family Resemblances and Fuzzy Boundaries | 第31-33页 |
| ·Salience and Centrality | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Prototype Theory and Vocabulary Teaching for English Majors | 第35-49页 |
| ·Basic Level Terms in Vocabulary Teaching | 第36-38页 |
| ·Polysemous Items in Vocabulary Teaching | 第38-40页 |
| ·Prototypical Meaning | 第38-40页 |
| ·Non-prototypical Meanings | 第40页 |
| ·Two Ways to Extend Meanings in Polysemy Teaching | 第40-49页 |
| ·Metaphor and Polysemy | 第42-46页 |
| ·Metonymy and Polysemy | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Four An Empirical Study | 第49-69页 |
| ·Purposes and Hypotheses | 第49-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50页 |
| ·Instruments | 第50-52页 |
| ·Teaching Procedures | 第52-59页 |
| ·A Data Collection and Analysis | 第59-67页 |
| ·The Questionnaire | 第59-64页 |
| ·Pre-test | 第64页 |
| ·Post-test 1 | 第64-66页 |
| ·Post-test 2 | 第66-67页 |
| ·Results and Discussion | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Five Implications and Pedagogical Suggestions | 第69-79页 |
| ·The Importance of Teaching Basic Level Terms | 第69-72页 |
| ·Teaching Polysemy on the Basis of Prototype Theory | 第72-79页 |
| ·Teaching Polysemy by the Metaphorical Meanings | 第73-75页 |
| ·Teaching Polysemy by Conversion | 第75-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-85页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix 2 Pre-test | 第86-88页 |
| Appendix 3 Post-test 1 | 第88-90页 |
| Appendix 4 Post-test 2 | 第90-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93-95页 |
