| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-14页 |
| ·General purposes of the study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Methodology and data collection | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-33页 |
| ·Metaphor study | 第17-24页 |
| ·Metaphor study abroad | 第17-23页 |
| ·Substitution Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Comparison Theory | 第18页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23页 |
| ·Metaphor study in China | 第23-24页 |
| ·Metonymy research | 第24-29页 |
| ·Historical preamble in the west | 第24-28页 |
| ·Traditional view | 第24-25页 |
| ·Structuralist view | 第25页 |
| ·Cognitive view | 第25-28页 |
| ·Metonymy research in China | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Relationship between metaphor and metonymy within the cognitive framework | 第29-31页 |
| ·Similarities between metaphor and metonymy | 第29页 |
| ·Differences between metaphor and metonymy | 第29页 |
| ·Interaction between metaphor and metonymy | 第29-31页 |
| ·Previous studies on “flower”from different angles | 第31-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第33-50页 |
| ·Working mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第33-44页 |
| ·The domain approach | 第33-34页 |
| ·Conceptual mappings | 第34-42页 |
| ·The systematicity of mappings | 第36-37页 |
| ·The partial nature of metaphorical mappings | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Invariance Principle | 第38-39页 |
| ·The constraining mechanism for the mapping theory | 第39-42页 |
| ·The experiential basis | 第42-44页 |
| ·Working mechanism of conceptual metonymy | 第44-47页 |
| ·Metonymy operating in the same Idealized Cognitive Model | 第44-46页 |
| ·A cognitive typology of conceptual metonymy | 第46-47页 |
| ·Conceptual activation in metonymy | 第47页 |
| ·Metaphtonymy approach | 第47-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Flower Metaphors in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第50-73页 |
| ·Introduction | 第50页 |
| ·The primacy of Flower Metaphors | 第50-53页 |
| ·Flower Metaphors in Dream | 第53-72页 |
| ·The overview of Flower Metaphors | 第53-54页 |
| ·Flower metaphors in Dream | 第54-66页 |
| ·APPEARANCE metaphor | 第55-58页 |
| ·CHARACTER metaphor | 第58-63页 |
| ·DESTINY metaphor | 第63-66页 |
| ·Flower metonymies in Dream | 第66-70页 |
| ·Thing-and-Part ICM metonymy as the motivation | 第66-67页 |
| ·Category-and-Property ICM metonymy as the motivation | 第67-68页 |
| ·Category-and-Member ICM metonymy as the motivation | 第68-69页 |
| ·Causation ICM metonymy as the motivation | 第69页 |
| ·Other ICM metonymies as the motivation | 第69-70页 |
| ·Flower metaphtonymies in Dream | 第70-72页 |
| ·Metaphor from metonymy as the motivation | 第70-71页 |
| ·Metonymy within metaphor as the motivation | 第71-72页 |
| ·Summary | 第72-73页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第73-77页 |
| ·A summary and contributions of the study | 第73-75页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第75-77页 |
| References | 第77-81页 |
| Appendix:《红楼梦》中花喻的统计表 | 第81-83页 |
