| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-12页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Rationale of this study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Aim and significance of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the dissertation | 第15-17页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第17-35页 |
| ·Study of metaphor | 第17-28页 |
| ·Traditional views of metaphor | 第17页 |
| ·Contemporary cognitive view of metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Definition and classification of metaphor and its components | 第18-22页 |
| ·Two complementary approaches to interpretation of metaphor:CMT and CBT | 第22-28页 |
| ·Study of coherence in discourse | 第28-33页 |
| ·Different perspectives to discourse coherence | 第28-32页 |
| ·The concept of discourse coherence in this dissertation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Study of Chinese song lyrics | 第33-35页 |
| ·Previous study of song lyrics | 第33-34页 |
| ·Previous study of song lyrics from the perspective of metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| 3.Identification and Realization of Metaphorical Chinese Song Lyrics | 第35-40页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第35页 |
| ·Realization of metaphors in Chinese song lyrics | 第35-36页 |
| ·Identification and classification of data | 第36-40页 |
| ·Discourse with sporadic metaphors | 第37-38页 |
| ·Discourse with sustained metaphor | 第38页 |
| ·Discourse with extended metaphor | 第38页 |
| ·Discourse with mixed metaphor | 第38-40页 |
| 4.CMT and Metaphorical Discourse Coherence in Chinese Song Lyrics | 第40-51页 |
| ·Metaphorical cohesion and local coherence | 第40-41页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor systematicity and global coherence | 第41-51页 |
| ·Intra-metaphor sysematicity | 第41-47页 |
| ·Inter-metaphor systematicity and discourse coherence | 第47-51页 |
| 5.Conceptual Blending Theory and Discourse Coherence | 第51-56页 |
| 6.Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix | 第62-67页 |
