Chapter 1 Introduction
  1 Research Background
  2 Research Purposes
  3 Research Questions
  4 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
1 Cognitive Theories of Polysemy
  1.1  Contextualization
  1.2  Embodiment
  1.3  Schematization
  1.4  Conceptualization
  1.5  Categorization
  1.6  Prototypicality
2 Cognitive Approaches to Polysemous Over
  2.1  Full-Specification Approach
  2.2  Full-Transformation Approach
  2.3  Multi-Level Schematization Approach
  2.4  Principled Schematization Approach
3 Common Weaknesses of Previous Approaches
4 Summary
Chapter 3 Converging Perspectives: A Usage-Based Approach
1 Representational Vagueness in Classic Cognitive Approaches
2 Theoretical Foundation for the Study
  2.1  Creativity and Naturalness of Language
  2.2  Meaning and Sense in Lexical Semantics
  2.3  Vagueness and Ambiguity in Polysemy
3 Methodological Foundation for the Study
  3.1  A Usage-Based Approach
  3.2  A Usage-Based Analysis: the PATH Sense of Over
4 Summary
Chapter 4 A Usage-Based Construction of Over in Syntagmatic Dimension
1 Syntagmatic Construction: Within-Type Frequency and Similarity
2 Method and Data
3 Syntagmatic Construction of Over: Above-Across
  3.1  Collocation
  3.2  Semantic Association
  3.3  Colligation
4 Summary
Chapter 5 A Usage-Based Construction of Over in Paradigmatic Dimension
1 Paradigmatic Construction: Between-Type Frequency and Similarity
2 Method and Data
3 Paradigmatic Construction of Over
  3.1  Basic Level Construction
  3.2  Between-Type Construction: Above-Across vs.Covering
4 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
  1 Summary
  2 Prospects for the Future
  3 Limitation
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