| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·Research Situation Abroad | 第12-17页 |
| ·Review of the Topic | 第12-14页 |
| ·Studies within Pragmatics | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies within Cognitive Linguistics | 第15-17页 |
| ·Research Situation at Home | 第17-21页 |
| ·Supplementary Study of Speech Act Metonymy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Wang’s Event-domain Cognitive Model | 第19-20页 |
| ·Categorization Approach to Indirect directives | 第20-21页 |
| ·Weakness of Previous Studies | 第21-23页 |
| 3 Theoretical Basis | 第23-37页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第23-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective of Metonymy | 第23-25页 |
| ·Pragmatic Functions of Metonymy | 第25-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Types of Metonymy | 第26-27页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第27-32页 |
| ·Mental Spaces | 第28-29页 |
| ·Basics of Conceptual Blending Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Emergent Structure and Emergent Meaning | 第30-31页 |
| ·Optimality Principles of Conceptual Blending Theory | 第31页 |
| ·Meaning Construction in Blending Network | 第31-32页 |
| ·Interaction of Conceptual Metonymy and Blending Theory | 第32-37页 |
| ·Similarities in Thinking and Networks | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metonymic Mapping and Cross-space Mapping | 第34页 |
| ·Metonymy and Optimality Principles | 第34-35页 |
| ·Role of Metonymy in Conceptual Blending Theory | 第35-37页 |
| 4 Metonymic Analysis of Indirect Request Speech Acts | 第37-48页 |
| ·Notion of Request | 第37页 |
| ·Direct Request and Indirect Request | 第37-41页 |
| ·Criterion of Sentence Structure | 第38-39页 |
| ·Criterion of Illocutionary Act | 第39页 |
| ·Criterion of Cooperative Principle | 第39-40页 |
| ·Criterion of Strategy Types | 第40-41页 |
| ·Metonymic Interpretation of Indirect Requests | 第41-48页 |
| ·Pragmatic Attributes of Indirect Requests | 第42页 |
| ·Metonymic Attributes of Indirect Requests | 第42-43页 |
| ·Methodology | 第43页 |
| ·Cases Studies | 第43-48页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary and Contributions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitations | 第49-50页 |
| ·Further Suggestions | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-55页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第55页 |
