| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology | 第12-13页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the data | 第13-16页 |
| ·Selected English Articles for Reciting | 第13页 |
| ·Housekeeping | 第13-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-25页 |
| ·Traditional or classical studies of metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Substitution theory of Aristotle | 第16-17页 |
| ·Plato's view on metaphor | 第17页 |
| ·Studies of metaphor from 1930s to 1960s | 第17-19页 |
| ·Richard's interactional theory of metaphor | 第18页 |
| ·Evaluation of interactional theory of metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Studies of metaphor in 1970s | 第19-22页 |
| ·Lakoff & Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·Fauconnier's Mental Space Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Textual studies of metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| 3. Theoretical Basis | 第25-29页 |
| ·Definition of metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| 4. Metaphorical Change at Different Discourse Levels | 第29-36页 |
| ·Macroscopic level textual analysis | 第30-34页 |
| ·Metaphorical change between title and body | 第30-32页 |
| ·Metaphorical change between paragraphs | 第32-34页 |
| ·Microcosmic level | 第34-36页 |
| ·Metaphorical changes between sentences | 第34-35页 |
| ·Microcosmic change between clauses | 第35-36页 |
| 5. Functions of Metaphor at Different Textual Levels in Selected English Articlesfor Reciting | 第36-42页 |
| ·Mapping on discourse level | 第36页 |
| ·Functions of Metaphor on diferent textual level | 第36-42页 |
| ·Metaphor used as an illustration of the text | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metaphor used repeatedly to connect the text | 第38-39页 |
| ·Metaphor used as an extension of the text | 第39-40页 |
| ·Metaphor used as a transitional means in the text | 第40-42页 |
| 6. Analysis of Textual Functions of Metaphor in Housekeeping | 第42-54页 |
| ·Microscopic Analysis of textual functions of metaphor in Housekeeping | 第42-52页 |
| ·Overlapping entailment | 第44页 |
| ·Extension of the text | 第44-45页 |
| ·Systematicity about the metaphor of water | 第45-50页 |
| ·Repetition of the same metaphor on microscopic level | 第50-52页 |
| ·Microcosmic analysis of textual functions of metaphor in Housekeeping | 第52-54页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| ·A summery of the present study | 第54-56页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study and points for further study | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-59页 |
