| Chinese Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| English Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 2 A Brief Review of Idiom Study | 第12-21页 |
| ·The Definition of Idioms | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Arbitrariness and Decomposability of Idioms | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Arbitrary View and Its Defects | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Decomposable View of Idioms | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Cognitive View of Idioms | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Mechanisms for the Cognitive Construal of English Idioms | 第21-49页 |
| ·Embodied Philosophy | 第21-25页 |
| ·Metaphor as A Cognitive Construal Mechanism | 第25-32页 |
| ·Metaphor as A Figure of Speech | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Cognitive View of Metaphor | 第26-32页 |
| ·Metonymy as A Cognitive Construal Mechanism | 第32-47页 |
| ·From a Figure of Speech to A Cognitive Mechanism | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Difference between Metonymy and Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Metonymy within the Same Idealized Cognitive Model | 第35-47页 |
| ·General Knowledge as A Cognitive Construal Mechanism | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Construal of English Idioms | 第49-74页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through Conceptual Metaphor | 第49-62页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第49-53页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through Structural Metaphor | 第53-56页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through Orientational Metaphor | 第56-58页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through Ontological Metaphor | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Basic Meaning and Additional Meaning of Idioms | 第60-62页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through Conceptual Metonymy | 第62-69页 |
| ·Idioms Containing “Hand” | 第62-67页 |
| ·Idioms Containing Other Body Parts | 第67-69页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through General Knowledge | 第69-71页 |
| ·Cognitive Construal of English Idioms through the Interaction of Cognitive Mechanisms | 第71-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| References | 第76-80页 |
| Paper Published during Study | 第80-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
