| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Definitions of an Idiom | 第12页 |
| ·The Conventional View on English Idioms | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Statement of Problem | 第15-17页 |
| ·Objectives And Significance | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review of Studies on Idioms | 第20-27页 |
| ·The Cultural Backgrounds of English Idioms | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Grammatical Structure of English Idioms | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Communicative Functions of English Idioms | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Three Traditional Approaches to the Interpretation of Idioms | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Deficiency of the Three Traditional Approaches | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Cognitive Basis for the Interpretation of English Idioms | 第27-38页 |
| ·Introduction | 第27页 |
| ·The Interpretation of English Idioms from a Cognitive Perspective | 第27-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第30-33页 |
| ·Metaphor in the Traditional Sense | 第30页 |
| ·Metaphor from a Cognitive Perspective | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Nature of Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Difference Between Traditional And Cognitive Views | 第32-33页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第33-37页 |
| ·A Prototype of Metonymy:synecdoche | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metonymy in the Traditional Sense | 第34页 |
| ·The Nature of Metonymy from a Cognitive Perspective | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Typology of Metonymy | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four The Metaphtonymic Approach to the Interpretation of English Idioms | 第38-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第38页 |
| ·The Metaphoric Approach to English Idioms | 第38-46页 |
| ·An Inspiration from Ordinary Language | 第38-40页 |
| ·Interpretation of English Idioms Motivated by Life Is A Journey | 第40-42页 |
| ·Interpretation of English Idioms Motivated by Animal Metaphors | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Metaphorical View on the Function of Key Word | 第44-46页 |
| ·The Metonymic Approach to the Interpretation of English Idioms | 第46-55页 |
| ·The Whole-for-Part Metonymy in English Idioms | 第47-49页 |
| ·Idioms Motivated by Metonymies in the Entity ICM | 第47页 |
| ·Idioms Motivated by Metonymies in the Constitution ICM | 第47-48页 |
| ·Idioms Motivated by Metonymies in the Complex Event ICM | 第48页 |
| ·Idioms Motivated by Metonymies in the Category-Attribute ICM | 第48-49页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymy in English Idioms | 第49-52页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymies in the Entity ICM | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymies in the Constitution ICM | 第50页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymies in the Complex Event ICM | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Part-for-Whole Metonymies in the Category-Attribute ICM | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Part-for-Part Metonymy in English Idioms | 第52-55页 |
| ·The Part-for-Part Metonymies in the Action ICM | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Part-for-Part Metonymies in the Causation ICM | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Part-for-Part Metonymies in the Place ICM | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Metaphtonymic Approach to the Interpretation of English Idioms | 第55-60页 |
| ·A Research into the Interaction Between Metaphor And Metonymy | 第55-57页 |
| ·Metaphor from Metonymy in English Idioms | 第57-58页 |
| ·Metaphor Within Metonymy in English Idioms | 第58-59页 |
| ·Metonymy Within Metaphor in English Idioms | 第59-60页 |
| ·Demetonymization in a Metaphorical Context | 第60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-67页 |
| ·The Realization of Research Objectives | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implication | 第63-66页 |
| ·Implication for Teaching and Learning English Idioms | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implication for the Phenomenon of Idiomaticity | 第64-66页 |
| ·Suggestion for Further Study | 第66-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
