声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Research Questions and Research Significance
1.3 Data Collection and Methodology
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Previous Studies on Prepositional Polysemy
2.2.1 Traditional Studies on Prepositional Polysemy
2.2.2 Cognitive Studies on Prepositional Polysemy
2.2.3 Studies on Polysemy of the English Preposition FOR
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Overview of Cognitive Linguistics
3.2.1 Definition of Cognitive Linguistics
3.2.2 Foundational Works of Cognitive Linguistics
3.2.3 Two Key Commitments of Cognitive Linguistics
3.3 Principled Polysemy Model
3.3.1 Some Basic Assumptions
3.3.2 Spatial Scene and Proto-scene
3.3.3 Systematic and Highly Motivated Network
3.3.4 Cognitive Devices for Meaning Extension
3.4 Summary
Chapter Four The Semantic Network for the Preposition FOR
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Cognitive Analysis of the Primary Sense of the Preposition FOR
4.2.1 Meanings of the Preposition FOR
4.2.2 The Proposed Proto-scene for the Preposition FOR
4.2.3 Five Linguistic Criteria to Test the Proto-Scene
4.3 Meaning Extension of the Preposition FOR
4.3.1 The Proposed Semantic Network for the Preposition FOR
4.3.2 The Cognitive Analysis of the Distinct Senses of the Preposition FOR
4.4 Summary
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings of the Study
5.2 Limitations of the Study
5.3 Suggestions for Further Studies
References