| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-12页 |
| ·UBIQUITY OF HYPERBOLE | 第10页 |
| ·ARGUMENTS OF THIS DISSERTATION | 第10-11页 |
| ·METHOD AND DATA COLLECTION OF MY STUDY | 第11页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THIS DISSERTATION | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER 1 HYPERBOLE: DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS | 第12-29页 |
| ·DEFINITION OF HYPERBOLE | 第12-14页 |
| ·CLASSIFICATION OF HYPERBOLE | 第14页 |
| ·FEATURES OF HYPERBOLE | 第14-21页 |
| ·Lexical Features of Direct Hyperbole | 第14-15页 |
| ·Features of Metaphorical Hyperbole | 第15-21页 |
| ·PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF HYPERBOLE | 第21-29页 |
| ·INTENSIFICATION | 第21-23页 |
| ·HUMOROUS EFFECTS | 第23-25页 |
| ·EXPRESSING EMOTIONS | 第25-29页 |
| CHAPTER 2 PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON HYPERBOLE | 第29-35页 |
| ·STUDY ON HYPERBOLE ABROAD | 第29-33页 |
| ·Hyperbole as a General Rhetorical Strategy | 第29页 |
| ·Semantic Study of Hyperbole | 第29-30页 |
| ·Psychological Study of Hyperbole | 第30-31页 |
| ·Pragmatic Study of Hyperbole | 第31-33页 |
| ·STUDY ON HYPERBOLE AT HOME | 第33-35页 |
| CHAPTER 3 HOW IS HYPERBOLE PRODUCED AND COMPREHENDED | 第35-52页 |
| ·MOTIVES FOR GENERATING HYPERBOLE | 第35-36页 |
| ·WHAT ENGENDERS THE PRODUCTION OF HYPERBOLE: COMPETENCE AND APPROPRIATENESS | 第36-38页 |
| ·Competence in Relation to Participant | 第36-37页 |
| ·Appropriateness in Relation to Situation | 第37-38页 |
| ·CONTEXTUAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN HYPERBOLE COMPREHENSION | 第38-43页 |
| ·Semantic Context and Hyperbole Comprehension | 第38-40页 |
| ·Pragmatic Context and Hyperbole Comprehension | 第40页 |
| ·Internalized Context and Hyperbole Comprehension | 第40-43页 |
| ·COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO HYPERBOLE COMPREHENSION | 第43-52页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory and Hyperbole Comprehension | 第43-45页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping and Hyperbole Comprehension | 第45-52页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| REFERENCES | 第54-58页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第58-59页 |
| APPENDIX A: PUBLICATIONS DURING THE PROGRAM | 第59-60页 |
| APPENDIX B: INFORMATIVE CHINESE ABSTRACT | 第60-62页 |
