| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13页 |
| ·General Framework of the Paper | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Definitions of Transferred Epithet | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Classifications of Transferred Epithet | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Transferred Epithet | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Transferred epithet | 第17-20页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Approach | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Psychological Approach | 第18页 |
| ·The Semantic and Pragmatic Approach | 第18页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach | 第18-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 3 An Overview of the Construction Grammar Approach | 第21-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第21页 |
| ·Construction Grammar | 第21-27页 |
| ·The Background of Construction Grammar | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Concepts of Construction Grammar | 第23-25页 |
| ·Surface Generalizations | 第25-27页 |
| ·Three Level Hypothesis and Zero-Construction | 第27页 |
| ·Lexical Construction Approach | 第27-29页 |
| ·Pinker's view | 第27-28页 |
| ·Goldberg's View | 第28-29页 |
| ·Coercion | 第29-32页 |
| ·Lexical Coercion | 第29-31页 |
| ·Construtional Coercion | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter 4 The Constructional Attributes of Transferred Epithet | 第33-42页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Transferred Epithet as Data of This Cognitive study | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Unpredictability of Construction Grammar and Transferred Epithet | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Unpredictability of Transferred Epithet Construction | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Transferred Epithet Construction | 第35-38页 |
| ·Three Level Hypothesis and Transferred Epithet Construction | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Major Theories of Three Level Hypothesis | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Three Level Hypothesis and Transferred Epithet Construction | 第39-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter 5 Coercion and Transferred Epithet | 第42-49页 |
| ·The Relationship Between Coercion and Transferred Epithet | 第42-43页 |
| ·A Further Analysis of the Relationship between Coercion and Transferred Epithet | 第43-48页 |
| ·Coercion Between Inanimate Nouns and Animate Adjectives | 第43-44页 |
| ·Coercion Between Inanimate Nouns and Animate Verbs | 第44-45页 |
| ·Coercion Between Inanimate Nouns and Inanimate Adjectives | 第45-46页 |
| ·Coercion between Animate Nouns or Adjectives and Inanimate Adjectives | 第46页 |
| ·Coercion in the Other Forms of Transferred Epithet | 第46-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Main Findings | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and Further Studies | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-55页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的论文 | 第55页 |
