| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| ·Traditional Studies on Chinese Riddles | 第12-15页 |
| ·A Brief Illustration of Chinese Riddles | 第13-14页 |
| ·Categories and Rhetoric Devices of Chinese Riddles | 第14-15页 |
| ·Recent Studies on Riddles | 第15-19页 |
| ·Psychological View | 第16页 |
| ·Linguistic View | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis of RT-CBT Model | 第19-37页 |
| ·Relevance Theory (RT) and Chinese Riddle Understanding | 第19-24页 |
| ·Maximal Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第19-20页 |
| ·Ostension and Inference | 第20-21页 |
| ·Context | 第21-23页 |
| ·Effort and Effect | 第23-24页 |
| ·Limitations of RT on Chinese Riddle Understanding | 第24页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory (CBT) and Chinese Riddle Understanding | 第24-28页 |
| ·Mental Spaces &Mapping | 第25页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Network | 第25-28页 |
| ·Limitations of CBT on Chinese Riddle Understanding | 第28页 |
| ·Metaphor and Chinese Zhiwu Riddle Understanding | 第28-32页 |
| ·A Brief Illustration of Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Relation between Metaphor and RT | 第30-31页 |
| ·Relation between Metaphor and CBT | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Integration of RT & CBT | 第32-35页 |
| ·Common Grounds between RT and CBT | 第33-34页 |
| ·Supplements of RT to CBT | 第34页 |
| ·Supplements of CBT to RT | 第34-35页 |
| ·RT-CBT Model for the Illustration of Chinese Zhiwu Riddles | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion | 第37-59页 |
| ·Data Description | 第37-39页 |
| ·Reclassification of Corpus | 第39-41页 |
| ·Metaphoric Features of Chinese Zhiwu Riddles | 第41-44页 |
| ·Analysis of Data in RT-CBT Model | 第44-59页 |
| ·Application of the Model to Riddles with Metaphorical Expression | 第45-54页 |
| ·Application of the Model to Riddles with Metaphorical and Non-metaphoric Expression | 第54-56页 |
| ·Application of the Model to Riddles with Non-metaphoric Expression | 第56-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Contributions and Significance | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第64-71页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第71-84页 |
