Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Overview 1 Introduction 1.1 Why This Topic? 1.2 Literature Review 1.3 Research Questions 1.4 Disciplinary Significance 1.5 Research Methodology 1.6 Summary of Chapters2 The Relationship between Semantics and Culture in One Language 2.1 Culture and Its Classifications 2.

2 The Relationship between Language and Culture 2.3 The Relationship between Lexicon and Culture 2.4 Conclusion3 Determining Conceptual Gap Items in a Language Lexicon 3.1 Introduction 3.2 "Cultural Words" - Too Many Uncertain Meanings 3.3 The Phenomenon of Conceptual Gaps 3.4 Conclusion4 Determining Items with Cultural Meaning in a Language Lexicon 4.1 Introduction 4.

2 The Study 4.3 Criteria for Determining Items with Cultural Meaning 4.4 Conclusion5 Cultural Semantics Analysis Methods 5.1 The Cultural Sememe Analysis Method 5.2 The Cultural Seme Analysis Method 5.3 The Process of Cultural Semantic Analysis 5.4 Conclusion6 Application 1 - a List of Conceptual Gap Items 6.1 Theoretical Background 6.

2 The Nature and Function of Conceptual Gap Item Lists 6.3 The Relationship between Generic Items and Conceptual Gap Items 6.4 The Relationship between Generic Item Lists and Conceptual Gap Item Lists 6.5 Manual Intervention and Inclusion Criteria Issues of Conceptual Gap Items 6.6 The Process of Word List Development 6.7 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items - Grammatical Classification 6.8 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items: Cultural System 6.9 Sample List of Conceptual Gap Items: Core Conceptual Gap Items 6.

10 Conclusion7 Application 2 - Interpretative Analysis of Cultural Semantics in CFL Dictionaries 7.1 Background 7.2 Current Problems of Chinese Cultural Semantics Interpretation in CFL Dictionaries 7.3 Suggestions for Improving Annotation of Cultural Semantics in CFL Dictionaries 7.4 Conclusion Conclusion Primary Sources References Index.