| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第11-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two A brief review of early studies | 第19-27页 |
| ·Definition and classification of anaphora | 第19-21页 |
| ·Anaphora as cohesive ties | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive perspective of anaphora | 第24-27页 |
| ·Accessibility theory | 第25页 |
| ·Conceptual Reference Point model | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theory of conceptual metonymy | 第27-38页 |
| ·Studies on metonymy | 第27-33页 |
| ·Cognitive view of metonymy | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metonymy in thought | 第29-32页 |
| ·Metonymy-producing relationships | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metonymic models | 第33-35页 |
| ·Metonymy in cohesion | 第33-34页 |
| ·Textual model of metonymy | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four A metonymic approach to anaphora in English news texts | 第38-60页 |
| ·News reporting | 第38-43页 |
| ·Studies on news reporting | 第38-39页 |
| ·Comprehension of news reporting | 第39-41页 |
| ·Social factors and discourse processing | 第41-42页 |
| ·Context dependency | 第42-43页 |
| ·Metonymic study of English news texts | 第43-47页 |
| ·Metonymic mechanism of anaphora in English news texts | 第47-53页 |
| ·Metonymic mechanism of NP anaphora | 第49-51页 |
| ·Metonymic mechanism of pronominal anaphora | 第51-52页 |
| ·Metonymic mechanism of zero anaphora | 第52-53页 |
| ·Metonymic interpretation of anaphora in English news texts | 第53-58页 |
| ·Metonymic interpretation of NP anaphora in English news texts | 第53-56页 |
| ·Metonymic interpretation of pronominal anaphora in English news texts | 第56-57页 |
| ·Metonymic interpretation of zero anaphora in English news texts | 第57-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| ·Major findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations | 第61-64页 |
| References | 第64-67页 |
