| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Table of Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Motivation of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and significance of the research | 第12-15页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Ⅱ Literature Review | 第17-37页 |
| ·History of metonymy research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previous view of Metonymy | 第18-28页 |
| ·Traditional view of Metonymy | 第18-22页 |
| ·Cognitive views of Metonymy | 第22-28页 |
| ·Cognitive definition | 第22-24页 |
| ·Metonymy is a cognitive process | 第24-28页 |
| ·Prag matic approaches to inference | 第28-34页 |
| ·Grice’s theory of implicature | 第28-29页 |
| ·Searle’s indirect speech act theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·Levinson’s neo-Gricean pragmatic apparatus | 第31-32页 |
| ·Sperber & Wilson’s relevance theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Achievements and limitations of previous study | 第34-37页 |
| Ⅲ Cognitive Mechanism of Metonymy | 第37-49页 |
| ·Metonymy as a reference point phenomenon | 第37-39页 |
| ·Metonymy Operates within the Same ICM | 第39-49页 |
| ·Whole ICM and its parts | 第43-45页 |
| ·Parts of an ICM | 第45-49页 |
| Ⅳ Role of Cognitive Metonymy in Pragmatic Inference | 第49-65页 |
| ·Pragmatic types of metonymy | 第49-51页 |
| ·Referential metonymic inference within ICM | 第51-54页 |
| ·Speech act metonymy | 第54-61页 |
| ·Scenarios approach to metonymy | 第56-59页 |
| ·Taxonomy of speech act metonymy | 第59-61页 |
| ·Metony mic strength and pragmatic inferencing | 第61-65页 |
| Ⅴ Pragmatic Functions of Metonymy within the Framework of Relevance Theory | 第65-77页 |
| ·Comprehension of metonymy under the RT framework | 第65-70页 |
| ·Metonymy for minimal processing efforts | 第67-68页 |
| ·Metonymy for maximal contextual effects | 第68-70页 |
| ·Pragmatic functions of metonymy | 第70-77页 |
| ·Producing rhetorical effects | 第70-71页 |
| ·Communicating social and cultural information | 第71-73页 |
| ·Enhancing communicative efficiency | 第73-77页 |
| Ⅵ Conclusion | 第77-81页 |
| ·Summary of this study | 第77-78页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications and applications of this study | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of this study and prospects for future research | 第79-81页 |
| Bibliography | 第81-87页 |
| Papers Published during MA Program | 第87页 |
