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Introduction
1. Background of the Study
2. Motivations of the Study
3. Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 1 Literature Review
1. 1 Studies on Color Terms in General
1.2 Studies on bai "白" (white) in Chinese
Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations and Research Methodology of the Thesis
2.1 Theoretical Background
2.1.1 Prototype Theory
2.1.2 Image Schema Theory
2.1.3 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
2.1.4 Conceptual Metonymy Theory
2.2 Data Collection
Chapter 3 Prototypieal Meaning of the Color Term bai
3.1 The Prototypical Meaning of bai
3.2 Supporting Evidence of the Prototypical Meaning
3.2.1 Analysis Based on the Prototype Theory
3.2.2 Definitions of bai in Dictionaries
3.2.3 Result of Two Verbal Tests
3.3 The Semantic Features of bai in the Prototype
Chapter 4 Prototype-Based Extended Meanings of the Color Term bai
4.1 Prototype-Based Extended Meanings of the Color Term bai
4.2 Interpretations of the Prototype-Based Extended Meanings
4.2.1 The Schematic-Related Extension
4.2.2 Metaphorical Extensions
4.2.3 Metonymic Extensions
4.2.4 History-Based and Borrowed-Translation Extensions
Chaper 5 Interaction Between the Prototypical and Prototype-Baesd Estended Meaning of the Color Term bai
5.1 Correlations among Different Senses of bai
5.2 Derivation from the Prototypical Meaning to the Extended Meanings
5.3 An Explanation of the Radial Semantic Structure
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Acknowledgements
