| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第11页 |
| ·Aims of this research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of this research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Delimitations of relevant terms | 第13-15页 |
| ·The scope of metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Identification of metaphor | 第14页 |
| ·Classification of metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·The author of The Edible Woman and her works | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-25页 |
| ·Review over study on metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| ·Review over study on metaphor abroad | 第17-20页 |
| ·A brief review over metaphor study in China | 第20-21页 |
| ·Review over study on metaphor in literary texts | 第21-22页 |
| ·Review over relevance-theoretic study on metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Frameworks | 第25-31页 |
| ·Relevance theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Relevance | 第25页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第25-26页 |
| ·Principles of relevance | 第26页 |
| ·Contextual effects | 第26-27页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic account of metaphor | 第27-31页 |
| ·The role of cognitive context in metaphor interpretation | 第28页 |
| ·Application of relevance principles to metaphor interpretation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Poetic effects derived from metaphor | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Methodology | 第31-38页 |
| ·Research questions | 第31页 |
| ·Research methods | 第31页 |
| ·Data collection | 第31-38页 |
| ·Identification of metaphors in the text of the novel | 第32-33页 |
| ·Classifications of identified metaphors | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter 5 A Relevance-theoretic Approach to Poetic Effects of Metaphors in The Edible Woman | 第38-61页 |
| ·A Relevance-theoretic analysis of metaphors in The Edible Woman | 第38-54页 |
| ·Poetic effects of conventional metaphors | 第38-43页 |
| ·Poetic effects of creative metaphors | 第43-54页 |
| ·Key issues concerning the creation of poetic effects by metaphor in literary texts | 第54-61页 |
| ·Relevance & effort | 第54-55页 |
| ·Range and strength of Implicatures | 第55-57页 |
| ·Style | 第57-58页 |
| ·Degree of creativity | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Major conclusions reached in this study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations and implications for further study | 第62-63页 |
| References | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix I Classification of metaphor at syntactic and structural level | 第66-82页 |
| AppendixⅡClassification of metaphor in terms of creativity | 第82-98页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第98页 |
