| Chinese Abstract | 第1页 |
| English Abstract | 第3-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Problem for Idiom Acquisition | 第7页 |
| ·Cognitive View to Idiom | 第7-8页 |
| ·The Significance of The Thesis | 第8-9页 |
| ·Methodology | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of The Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-22页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第11页 |
| ·The Cognitive Motivation for the Meaning of Idioms | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Conceptual Metaphor and Image Schema | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor &Image Schema Approach to Idioms | 第12-13页 |
| ·Imageable Idioms | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Metonymy | 第14页 |
| ·The Meaning of Idioms Motivated by Conventional Knowledge | 第14-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundations | 第15-20页 |
| ·A Theory of Conceptual Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Image Schema Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Mental Images | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Theory of Metonymy | 第19页 |
| ·The Theory of Conventional Knowledge | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Design of the Experiment | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Purpose of the Experiment | 第22页 |
| ·The Subjects | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Context of the Study | 第23页 |
| ·Method | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Pre-/Post-test | 第23-24页 |
| ·Learning Materials | 第24页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第24-25页 |
| ·Design and Stimuli | 第25-31页 |
| ·Experiments on Proposal 1 | 第25-27页 |
| ·Experiments on Proposal 2 | 第27-28页 |
| ·Experiments on Proposal 3 | 第28-30页 |
| ·Experiments on Proposal 4 | 第30-31页 |
| ·Experiments on Proposal 5 | 第31页 |
| ·Summary (Review of the Experiment) | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter Four The Results | 第33-45页 |
| ·The Results of Proposal 1 | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Results of Proposal 2 | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Results of Proposal 3 | 第37-40页 |
| ·The Results of Proposal 4 | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Results of Proposal 5 | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第45-52页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor in Idiom Acquisition | 第45-46页 |
| ·Image Schemas in Motivating Idioms | 第46-47页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metonymy as Organizers of Metaphorical Phrases | 第47-48页 |
| ·The Importance of Conventional Knowledge in Learning Idioms | 第48页 |
| ·General Discussion on Subjects’Opinions Reflected from Questionnaires | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-61页 |
| ·Implications | 第52-60页 |
| ·Employing Conceptual Metaphors and Image Schemas in Vocabulary Acquisition | 第52-54页 |
| ·Employing Conceptual Metaphors and Images in Idiom Acquisition | 第54-56页 |
| ·Using Conceptual Metaphors in Reading Comprehension | 第56-58页 |
| ·Using Conventional Metonymy in Extending Lexicon and Idiom Acquisition | 第58-59页 |
| ·Using Conventional Knowledge in Idiom Acquisition | 第59-60页 |
| ·Recommendations for Future Research | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| List of Appendices | 第65-90页 |
| Appendix 1 Pretest for Proposal 1 | 第65页 |
| Appendix 2 Learning Material for Group 1 in Proposal 1 | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix 3 Discussion Material for Group 2 in Proposal 1 | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix 4 Learning Material for Group 2 in Proposal 1 | 第67-68页 |
| Appendix 5 Posttest for Proposal 1 | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix 6 Pretest for Proposal 2 | 第69页 |
| Appendix 7 Learning Material for Group 1 in Proposal 2 | 第69-70页 |
| Appendix 8 Learning Material for Group 2 in Proposal 2 | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix 9 Posttest for Proposal 2 | 第71页 |
| Appendix 10 Pretest for Proposal 3 | 第71-72页 |
| Appendix 11 Learning Material for Group 1 in Proposal 3 | 第72-73页 |
| Appendix 12 Learning Material for Group 2 in Proposal 3 | 第73页 |
| Appendix 13 Learning Material for Group 3 in Proposal 3 | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix 14 Posttest for Proposal 3 | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix 15 Pretest for Proposal 4 | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix 16 Learning Material for Group 1 in Proposal 4 | 第77页 |
| Appendix 17 Learning Material for Group 2 in Proposal 4 | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix 18 Posttest for Proposal 4 | 第79页 |
| Appendix 19 Pretest and Posttest for Proposal 5 | 第79-81页 |
| Appendix 20 Learning Material for Group 1 in Proposal 5 | 第81页 |
| Appendix 21 Learning Material for Group 2 in Proposal 5 | 第81-84页 |
| Appendix 22 Questionnaire | 第84页 |
| Appendix 23 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 1 | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix 24 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 2 | 第85-86页 |
| Appendix 25 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 3 (Group 1& 2) | 第86页 |
| Appendix 26 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 3 (Group 1&3) | 第86-87页 |
| Appendix 27 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 3 (Group 2&3) | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix 28 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 4 | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix 29 SPSS Outcome for Proposal 5 | 第89-90页 |
| Publications | 第90页 |
