| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-29页 |
| ·Related Studies of Metonymy | 第15-24页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Metonymy | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Cognitive Operational Mechanisms of Metonymy | 第19-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Cognitive Metonymy | 第21-24页 |
| ·Cognitive Metonymy and Semantic Prosody | 第24-29页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Semantic Prosody | 第24-26页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody in Corpus | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第29-35页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第29页 |
| ·Introduction to the Corpus-Based Method in the Study | 第29-32页 |
| ·Introduction to the Corpus Used in This Study | 第29-31页 |
| ·Introduction to the Software Used in the Study | 第31-32页 |
| ·Research Procedures | 第32-35页 |
| ·Sampling | 第32-33页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Semantic Prosody of the Metonymic Expressions of Head | 第35-61页 |
| ·Analysis of Metonymic Expressions of Head | 第35-46页 |
| ·Meanings of Head | 第35-42页 |
| ·Classifications of the Metonymic Expressions of Head | 第42-46页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in Conceptual Metonymy | 第46-53页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in PART FOR WHOLE | 第47-48页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in WHOLE FOR PART | 第48-53页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in Grammatical Metonymy | 第53-61页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in SUBJECT FOR ACTION | 第53-55页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in TOOL FOR ACTION | 第55-56页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in MEANS FOR ACTION | 第56-58页 |
| ·Semantic Prosody of Head in POSITION FOR ATTRIBUTE | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| Works Cited | 第65-70页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第70页 |
