| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-25页 |
| ·Defining Political Euphemism | 第14-17页 |
| ·Definitions of Euphemism | 第14-16页 |
| ·A Working Definition of Political Euphemism | 第16-17页 |
| ·Classifying Political Euphemism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classifications of Euphemism | 第17-18页 |
| ·A Working Classification of Political Euphemism | 第18页 |
| ·Motivations and Functions of Euphemism and Political Euphemism | 第18-21页 |
| ·Motivations and Functions of Euphemism | 第18-20页 |
| ·Motivations and Functions of Political Euphemism | 第20-21页 |
| ·Studies on Euphemism and Political Euphemism | 第21-25页 |
| ·Several Influential Works Abroad | 第21-23页 |
| ·Various Works and Papers at Home | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual metonymy | 第25-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25页 |
| ·Understanding Conceptual metonymy | 第25-38页 |
| ·The Preconditions of Metonymic Operation | 第25-29页 |
| ·Contiguity | 第26-28页 |
| ·Salience | 第28-29页 |
| ·Mechanism of Metonymic Operation | 第29-31页 |
| ·Mapping Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Highlighting or Activation Theory | 第30页 |
| ·Mental Access Theory | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Realization of Metonymic Operation | 第31-38页 |
| ·Panther and Thornburg's Proposal | 第32-34页 |
| ·Ruiz de Mendoza's Proposal | 第34-36页 |
| ·Al-Sharafi's Proposal | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conceptual metonymy and Political Euphemism | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Interface between Conceptual metonymy and Political Euphemism | 第38-40页 |
| ·Towards a Working Model for a Metonymic Approach to Political Euphemism | 第40-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 4 Metonymic Interpretation of English Political Euphemism | 第44-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44页 |
| ·Political Euphemism on the Lexical Level | 第44-55页 |
| ·Political Euphemism in the Form of Noun Phrases | 第45-52页 |
| ·Political Euphemism in the Form of Verb Phrases | 第52-55页 |
| ·Political Euphemism on the Grammatical Level | 第55-59页 |
| ·Political Euphemism in the Form of Voice | 第56-57页 |
| ·Political Euphemism in the Form of Mood | 第57-58页 |
| ·Political Euphemism in the Form of Tense | 第58-59页 |
| ·Political Euphemism on the Textual Level | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter 5 Concluding Remarks | 第64-67页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research | 第66-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix of List of Sources of Data | 第71-72页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文 | 第72页 |
