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Acknowledgements
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Word and Meaning
1.2 Polysemy
1.2.1 Definition
1.2.2 Polysemy and homonymy
1.2.3 The process of polysemization
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 The Formalistic Approach to Polysemy
2.2 The Structuralistic Approach to Polysemy
2.3 The Views of Cognitive Linguistics
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations of Polysemy Studies
3.1 Image Schema
3.2 Categorization
3.3 Conceptual Metaphor
Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Polysemy
4.1 Image Schema
4.1.1 Embodied image schemas and transformations
4.1.2 The extension of meanings in spatial category
4.1.3 The sense extension from spatial category to abstract category
4.2 Categorization
4.2.1 Prototype shift
4.2.2 Prototype split
4.3 Metonymy and Metaphor
4.3.1 Metonymy: fundamental process of polysemization
4.3.2 Metaphor: deep mechanism of polysemization
Chapter Five A Comparative Study of the Polysemes of the Word "Hand" in English and "手" in Chinese
5.1 The Similar Semantic Category of "hand" Corpora
5.1.1 The original meaning of "hand" and "手"
5.1.2 The motion of hand
5.1.3 The meaning of"help"
5.1.4 The meaning of"power and control"
5.1.5 The meaning of"aspect and side"
5.1.6 The meaning of"person"
5.1.7 The meaning of "manual worker/member of a ship crew"
5.1.8 The meaning of skill, tactics, means and etc
5.1.9 The meaning of handwriting
5.1.10 The meaning of number
5.1.11 The meaning of quantity
5.2 The Varieties of Semantic Category
5.2.1 Things similar to "hand" in form or function
5.2.2 The meaning of "寸口" in Chinese
5.2.3 The meaning of"handcuffs, fetters or chains" in Chinese
5.2.4 "手" used in stead of "首"
5.3 Conclusion of the Semantic Comparison
Chapter Six Polysemous Mechanism of "Hand" in English and "手" in Chinese
6.1 The Prototype of "hand"
6.2 From Part to Whole:"hand" for the Person
6.3 Image Schema Transformation: the Motion of "hand"
6.4 The Action of People
6.5 Resemblance Metaphor
6.6 "Hand" as an Approach
6.7 "Hand" as a Container
6.8 From Concrete to Abstract
6.9 The Correlation among the Polysemes
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7.1 Contributions of the Thesis
7.2 Implications for EFL Teaching and Learning
7.3 Suggestions for Further Studies
Bibliography
浙江大学;
浙江大学外国语言文化与国际交流学院;