| Abstract (in English) | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第9-12页 |
| Chaper 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research Background of the Present Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Present Study | 第14页 |
| ·Organization | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-39页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory of Metaphor | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory of Metaphor | 第21-25页 |
| ·The Perspectival Theory of Metaphor | 第25-32页 |
| ·A Perspectival Stance | 第25-26页 |
| ·Tenets of the Perspectival Theory | 第26-32页 |
| ·The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| ·Basic Stance to Metaphor in This Thesis | 第35-39页 |
| ·A Linguistic Approach to the Study of Metaphor | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Literal/Metaphorical Distinction | 第36-38页 |
| ·A matter of Pragmatics and Semantics | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 3 Applying Grice's Theory of Implicature to the Identification of Metaphor | 第39-45页 |
| ·Grice's Theory of Implicature | 第39-42页 |
| ·Co-operative Principle | 第39-41页 |
| ·Conversational Implicatures | 第41-42页 |
| ·Standard Implicatures | 第42页 |
| ·Floutings of the Maxims | 第42页 |
| ·Metaphor: A Flouting of the Maxims | 第42-44页 |
| ·Summary | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 4 Locating an Incongruity in An Utterance | 第45-58页 |
| ·First-order and Second-order Meaning | 第45-54页 |
| ·First-order Meaning: Literal and Conventional Meaning | 第47-49页 |
| ·First-order Interpretation | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Projection Rules | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Cohesive Projection Rules | 第51-54页 |
| ·Locating Incongruity in First-order Interpretation | 第54-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter 5 The Role of Context | 第58-60页 |
| ·Constructed World | 第58-59页 |
| ·Reinterpretation of the World | 第59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Significance in the Research of Metaphor | 第61页 |
| ·The Significance in the Communication | 第61-62页 |
| ·Recommendation of Further Studies | 第62-63页 |
| Works Cited | 第63-66页 |
