| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·Researches on Reading Comprehension Abroad | 第16-20页 |
| ·Reading Comprehension | 第16-17页 |
| ·Researches on Reading Models | 第17-20页 |
| ·Bottom-up Model | 第17页 |
| ·Top-down Model | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Interactive Model | 第19-20页 |
| ·Researches on Reading Comprehension at Home | 第20-21页 |
| ·Inadequacy of Previous Researches | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Basis | 第23-33页 |
| ·Metonymy as a Rhetoric Device | 第23-24页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第24-33页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metonymy | 第24-26页 |
| ·Psychological Factors Relating to Conceptual Metonymy | 第26-31页 |
| ·Principle of proximity | 第27-30页 |
| ·Principle of prominence | 第30-31页 |
| ·Types of Conceptual Metonymy | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Design | 第33-39页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-35页 |
| ·Pre-Test & Post-Test Papers for Reading Proficiency | 第34页 |
| ·Pre-Test & Post-Test Papers for Metonymic Competence | 第34页 |
| ·Interview | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Collection and Processing | 第35页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第35-39页 |
| ·Pre-Test | 第36页 |
| ·Teaching period | 第36-38页 |
| ·Post-test | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第39-52页 |
| ·Subjects’ Performances in Experiment | 第39-50页 |
| ·Scores of Pre-tests | 第39-40页 |
| ·Performance of the Subjects in Test of Conceptual Metonymic Competence | 第40-45页 |
| ·Performance in the Pre-test | 第40-41页 |
| ·Performance in the Post-test | 第41-45页 |
| ·Scores of Post-tests | 第45-48页 |
| ·Data Collected from Interview | 第48-50页 |
| ·Correlation between Conceptual Metonymic Competence and Reading Comprehension | 第50-51页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications for English Reading Comprehension | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary of the Study | 第52页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第52页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第52-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第57-58页 |
| Appendix I: Pre-test for Metonymic Competence | 第58-60页 |
| Appendix II: Post-test for Metonymic Competence | 第60-62页 |
| Appendix III Pre-test for Reading Comprehension | 第62-75页 |
| Appendix IV Post-test for Reading Comprehension | 第75-88页 |
| Appendix V A Sample of Reading Assignments | 第88-89页 |
