| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The necessity of studying metaphor-a revolution in linguistic studies | 第9-10页 |
| ·The objective of an integrated approach | 第10-11页 |
| ·The organization of the dissertation | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two A Brief History Survey of Studies on Metaphor | 第12-26页 |
| ·Introduction: dictionary definition of metaphor | 第12页 |
| ·Pre-referentialist views of metaphor: comparison and similarity | 第12-14页 |
| ·Semantic views | 第14-17页 |
| ·Referential views | 第14-16页 |
| ·Descriptivist views | 第16-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic approaches | 第17-22页 |
| ·The Gricean program | 第17-20页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Searle's principles of metaphorical interpretation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conceptual views of metaphor | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Role of Context in the Comprehension of Metaphor | 第26-49页 |
| ·The need for an integrated approach-a new orientation | 第26-27页 |
| ·The nature of comprehension of metaphor | 第27-32页 |
| ·Prominence of context in the nature of verbal comprehension | 第28-30页 |
| ·Nature of metaphorical comprehension | 第30-32页 |
| ·The processes of metaphor comprehension | 第32-38页 |
| ·Identification of metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Calculation of metaphorical meaning | 第34-38页 |
| ·The role of context in the metaphorical interpretation | 第38-49页 |
| ·The establishment and development of contextualistics | 第38-40页 |
| ·The role of context in the interpretation of metaphor | 第40-43页 |
| ·Schema Theory: using contextual knowledge to enhance metaphorical comprehension process | 第43-45页 |
| ·The selection rules of context: instantiation of metaphorical meaning | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Four Exploration on the Directory Role of Context in Metaphorical Comprehension | 第49-68页 |
| ·A tentative definition and the classification of context | 第49-64页 |
| ·A blending definition of context | 第49-51页 |
| ·The classification (taxonomy) of context | 第51-64页 |
| ·Sentential context in metaphor(隐喻的句级语境) | 第52-54页 |
| ·Clausal context in metaphor(隐喻的句群语境) | 第54-57页 |
| ·Cultural context in metaphor(隐喻的文化语境) | 第57-58页 |
| ·Background context in metaphor(隐喻的背景语境) | 第58-60页 |
| ·Personal context in metaphor(隐喻的个体语境) | 第60-63页 |
| ·Cognitive context in metaphor(隐喻的认知语境) | 第63-64页 |
| ·A 'super-determinate factor' in metaphorical comprehension-cognitive context | 第64-66页 |
| ·A brief summary of this chapter | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-75页 |
| ·Major conclusions reached in this dissertation | 第68-69页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第69-73页 |
| ·Metaphorical expressions as vocabulary resource: interdependencies and intercounections | 第69-71页 |
| ·Some hints from the importance of context knowledge in metaphorical comprehension process for pedagogical consideration | 第71-73页 |
| ·Limitations of this dissertation and further research on the scope of metaphorical comprehension | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
