| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Subject and Viewpoint | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Sigificance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter 1 Review of Previous Studies | 第18-40页 |
| ·An Overview of Previous Studies on Idioms | 第18-30页 |
| ·The Noncompositional Views on Idioms | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Decompositional Views on Idioms | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Comprehensive Views on Idioms | 第24-30页 |
| ·An Overview of Previous Studies on Flexible Uses of Idioms | 第30-40页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework | 第40-58页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory(CBT) | 第40-47页 |
| ·Forming of the Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Networks | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Network Model of Conceptual Blending | 第42-44页 |
| ·Vital Relations and Compressions | 第44-46页 |
| ·A Taxonomy of Blending Networks | 第46-47页 |
| ·Construction Grammar Theory | 第47-52页 |
| ·Definition and Characteristics of Construction Grammar | 第47-50页 |
| ·Interaction between Constructions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Interaction between Lexis and Construction | 第51-52页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第52-55页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Blending Process in Flexible Uses of English and Chinese Idioms | 第58-86页 |
| ·Definitions of English and Chinese Idioms | 第58-63页 |
| ·Definition of English Idioms | 第59-61页 |
| ·Definition of Chinese Idioms | 第61-63页 |
| ·Definition of Flexible Uses of English and Chinese Idioms and Classifications of English and Chinese Idiom Variants | 第63-71页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Process in Flexible Uses of Idioms | 第71-86页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Mechanism in Flexible Uses of Idioms | 第71-78页 |
| ·Interaction Process in Flexible Uses of Idioms | 第78-86页 |
| ·Interaction between Lexis and Construction | 第79-82页 |
| ·Interaction between Constructions | 第82-86页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Mechanisms in Flexible Uses of English and Chinese Idioms | 第86-98页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Mechanism and Conceptual Metonymy Mechanism in Flexible Uses of English and Chinese Idioms | 第86-92页 |
| ·Pragmatic Mechanism in Flexible Uses of English and Chinese Idioms | 第92-94页 |
| ·Idiom Variants as Constructions | 第94-95页 |
| ·Motivations for Flexible Uses of Idioms | 第95-98页 |
| Conclusion | 第98-102页 |
| Bibliography | 第102-112页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第112-114页 |
