| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One An Overview of Studies of Metaphor | 第11-19页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第13-16页 |
| ·The Cognitive Theory | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Cognitive and Pragmatic-Cognitive Approaches to Metaphor | 第19-33页 |
| ·A cognitive approach to metaphor | 第19-27页 |
| ·Definition of conceptual metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of conceptual metaphor | 第21-26页 |
| ·Experientialism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Image schema | 第23-26页 |
| ·The effects of cognitive context in metaphorical mapping process | 第26-27页 |
| ·A pragmatic-cognitive approach to metaphor | 第27-33页 |
| ·Grice's approach to metaphor as implicature | 第29页 |
| ·Searle's approach to metaphor as an indirect speech act | 第29-30页 |
| ·S& W's pragmatic-cognitive approach to metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Reasons for adopting a pragmatic-cognitive approach to metaphor study | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Three Explaining Function of Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-44页 |
| ·Two dimensions of metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Descriptive dimension of metaphor | 第35-37页 |
| ·Metaphor as a descriptive use of language | 第35-36页 |
| ·Metaphor as an effort-imposing loose talk | 第36-37页 |
| ·Interpretive dimension of metaphor | 第37-42页 |
| ·Metaphor as an explicature of utterance | 第37-39页 |
| ·Metaphor as an implicature | 第39-42页 |
| ·Process of metaphor understanding | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Constructing Function of Conceptual Metaphor | 第44-60页 |
| ·Metaphor as a cognitive dynamic of creation and semantic change | 第44-46页 |
| ·Creating new insights | 第46-53页 |
| ·Conceptualizing experience | 第46-49页 |
| ·Understanding the world | 第49-53页 |
| ·Constructing implicatures | 第53-60页 |
| ·Constructing implicatures via non-demonstrative bridging inferences | 第53-55页 |
| ·Constructing implicatures via mutual adjustment | 第55-60页 |
| Chapter Five Implications and Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Implications | 第60-62页 |
| ·Involvement of social and cognitive factors in metaphor understanding | 第60-61页 |
| ·The importance of individual differences in metaphor understanding | 第61-62页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
