Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The Goal of the Research
1.2 Main Organization and the Significance of the Research
封面
声明
目录
摘要
Abstract
Chapter 2 A Theoretical Overview of Studies on Word Meaning and Polysemy
2.1 Word Meaning
2.1.1 Definition of Word
2.1.2 Word Form and Word Meaning
2.2 Polysemy
2.2.1 Definition of Polysemy
2.2.2 Two Processes Causing Polysemy
2.2.3 Previous Study on Polysemy
2.2.4 Semantic Structures of Polysemic Words
2.2.5 Analysis of Polysemy from Perspective of Structural Semantics
2.2.6 Problems with the Structural Study of Polysemy
Chapter 3 A Cognitive Perspective Study of Polysemy with Prototype Theory
3.1 Prototype Theory
3.1.1 Defining Prototype Theory
3.1.2 Prototypicality and the Prototypical Effects in Language
3.2 The Applications of Prototype Theory for Polysemic Research
3.3 Some Problems for Polysemic Research with the Prototype Theory
Chapter 4 The Interpretation of Polysemy from Perspective of Lexical Pragmatics
4.1 Lexical Pragmatics
4.1.1 Lexicon, Semantics and Pragmatics
4.1.2 A Brief Introduction to Lexical Pragmatics
4.2 Pragmatic Enrichment
4.2.1 Pragmatic Narrowing
4.2.2 Pragmatic Broadening
4.3 The Interpretation of Pragmatic Enrichment on Polysemy with Relevance Theory
4.3.1 The Framework of Relevance Theory
4.3.2 Pragmatic Enrichment on Polysemy with Relevance Theory
Chapter 5 Conclusions
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Conclusions
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions
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