| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| The Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| The Objective of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Research Methodology | 第15页 |
| Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Metaphor in the West | 第17-23页 |
| ·Traditional Perspective of Metaphor | 第17-20页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective of Metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Cohesive Function of Conceptual Metaphor from Cognitive Perspective | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Metaphor in China | 第23-26页 |
| ·Traditional Perspective of Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective of Metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| ·The Cohesive Function of Conceptual Metaphor from Cognitive Perspective | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Support | 第26-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Models of Discourse Analysis | 第26-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Blending Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Cognitive Models Used for the Cohesive Function of Conceptual Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Discourse and Cohesion | 第30-33页 |
| ·Discourse and Discourse Analysis | 第30页 |
| ·Cohesion in Discourse | 第30-31页 |
| ·Cohesive Devices | 第31-32页 |
| ·Discourse and Cognition | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Cohesive Function of Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three A Case Study on the Cohesive Function of Conceptual Metaphor in the Economic Discourse | 第34-62页 |
| ·Research Approach and Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| ·Separate Analysis of Major Metaphor Cohesive Chains | 第35-43页 |
| ·Reference Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| ·Personal Reference Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·Demonstrative Reference Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第36-37页 |
| ·Comparative Reference Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第37页 |
| ·Reiteration Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-40页 |
| ·Repetition Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Synonymy Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第38-39页 |
| ·Hyponymy Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·General Word Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第40页 |
| ·Collocation Constructed by conceptual Metaphor | 第40-43页 |
| ·Unordered Lexical Set Constructed by Conceptual metaphor | 第41页 |
| ·Opposite Lexical Set Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Sequential Lexical Set Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·General Analysis of Major Metaphor Cohesive Chains | 第43-62页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of samples | 第43-60页 |
| ·Statistic Analysis of samples | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Four The Implication for Teaching | 第62-66页 |
| ·Suggestions for Teaching Metaphor in Reading Comprehension | 第62-65页 |
| ·The Significance of Teaching Metaphor in Reading Comprehension | 第65-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Appendix | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
| 在学期间发表的学术论文 | 第73页 |
