| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·ORIENTATION AND MOTIVATION OF THE STUDY | 第9-10页 |
| ·FEASIBILITIES OF THE STUDY | 第10页 |
| ·THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·THE AIMS AND HYPOTHESES OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第11-12页 |
| ·THE HYPOTHESES OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第11页 |
| ·The Aims of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·APPROACHES TO THE PRESENT STUDY | 第12页 |
| ·LAYOUT AND SCOPE OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-28页 |
| ·METONYMIC STUDIES OF DEFINITION IN THE WEST AND CHINA | 第14-18页 |
| ·Traditional Definition of Metonymy | 第14-16页 |
| ·Cognitive Definition of Metonymy | 第16-18页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF METONYMY | 第18-20页 |
| ·Traditional Classification of Metonymy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cognitive Classification of Metonymy | 第19-20页 |
| ·THE RELATION BETWEEN METAPHOR AND METONYMY | 第20-24页 |
| ·Distinction between Metaphor and Metonymy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Interaction of Metaphor and Metonymy | 第23-24页 |
| ·METONYMY AS BASIC MODE OF THINKING IN LANGUAGE | 第24-27页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Three The Cognitive Analysis of Metonymy | 第28-34页 |
| ·IDEALIZED COGNITIVE MODELS THEORY (ICMS) | 第28-29页 |
| ·PROTOTYPE THEORY | 第29-30页 |
| ·DOMAIN HIGHLIGHTING | 第30-32页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter four The Contrastive Study of Metonymy in English and Chinese | 第34-50页 |
| ·THE SAME METONYMIC MODELS EXISTED BOTH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第34-40页 |
| ·Category-and-Property ICM | 第34-35页 |
| ·Instrument for Agent ICM | 第35-36页 |
| ·Containment ICM | 第36页 |
| ·Production ICM | 第36-37页 |
| ·Abstract Object for the Concrete Object ICM | 第37页 |
| ·Concrete Object for the Abstract Object ICM | 第37-38页 |
| ·Constitution ICM | 第38-39页 |
| ·Location ICM | 第39页 |
| ·Thing—and—Part ICM | 第39-40页 |
| ·THE DIFFERENT METONYMIC MODELS EXISTED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第40-43页 |
| ·Unique Metonymic Models in Chinese | 第40-42页 |
| ·Unique Metonymic Models in English | 第42-43页 |
| ·MOTIVATIONS FOR THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF METONYMIC MODELS EXISTED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE | 第43-50页 |
| ·Cognitive Principles | 第44-46页 |
| ·Communicative Principles | 第46-47页 |
| ·Other Factors | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第50-53页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第50-51页 |
| ·SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE STUDIES IN THIS FIELD | 第51-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-58页 |
| Appendix: 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表论文目录 | 第58页 |
