| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-14页 |
| Chapter 2 What is Style? | 第14-22页 |
| ·Style vs. Stylistics | 第14-17页 |
| ·Style as a literary genre | 第17页 |
| ·Style as a personal choice | 第17-18页 |
| ·Style as deviation or foregrounding | 第18-20页 |
| ·Style as linguistic varieties | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter 3 A brief introduction of Metaphor | 第22-37页 |
| ·What is metaphor? | 第22-26页 |
| ·Etymology | 第22页 |
| ·Nominal Definition | 第22-24页 |
| ·Real Definition | 第24-26页 |
| ·Different types of metaphors | 第26-32页 |
| ·Rhetorical metaphors | 第26-28页 |
| ·Visible Metaphor and Invisible Metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Sustained Metaphor and Extended Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognitive metaphors | 第28-30页 |
| ·Radical Metaphor and Derivative Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Similarity-based metaphor and similarity-creative metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Ideational grammatical metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·The similarities among the three types of metaphor | 第32页 |
| ·The theories concerning the working mechanism of metaphor | 第32-37页 |
| ·Classic views: Comparison Theory and Substitution Theory | 第32-34页 |
| ·Romantic view: Interaction Theory | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to the explanation of metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Significances of metaphors in regard to styles | 第37-70页 |
| ·Significances of metaphor concerning style as a literary genre | 第37-44页 |
| ·Metaphor is the soul of poetry---imagery | 第37-40页 |
| ·Metaphor is widely used to strengthen the theme in fiction | 第40-44页 |
| ·The significance of metaphor in regard to style as a personal choice | 第44-56页 |
| ·Metaphor forms the individual style of a certain author | 第44-53页 |
| ·Metaphor forms the style of a literary text | 第53-56页 |
| ·The Function of metaphor in regard to style as deviation or foregrounding | 第56-58页 |
| ·The significance of metaphor in regard to style as varieties (literary language excluded) | 第58-70页 |
| ·Metaphor in spoken English | 第58-62页 |
| ·Metaphor in the English of Science and Technology | 第62-66页 |
| ·Metaphor in advertising style | 第66-70页 |
| Conclusion | 第70-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-74页 |
| 个人简历 | 第74页 |
