| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-12页 |
| List of Tables | 第12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| ·Orientation of the Present Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Paper | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-43页 |
| ·The Study of Metaphor | 第16-20页 |
| ·Metaphor and its Components | 第16-17页 |
| ·Models of Metaphor Comprehension | 第17-19页 |
| ·Metaphor-Relevant and Metaphor-Irrelevant Properties | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theories of Inhibition and Enhancement | 第20-24页 |
| ·Construction-Integration Model | 第21页 |
| ·Working Memory and Inhibition | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structure-building Framework | 第22-23页 |
| ·Summary | 第23-24页 |
| ·Studies of Inhibition and Enhancement in Language Comprehension | 第24-43页 |
| ·The Paradigms to Measure Inhibition and Enhancement | 第24-29页 |
| ·Positive and Negative Priming as the Usual Paradigms | 第24-26页 |
| ·Independent-Probe Technique | 第26-29页 |
| ·Studies of Inhibition and Enhancement in Literal Language Comprehension | 第29-34页 |
| ·Inhibition and Enhancement in Lexical Access | 第29-31页 |
| ·Inhibition and Enhancement in Anaphoric Reference | 第31页 |
| ·Inhibition and Enhancement in Cataphoric Reference | 第31-32页 |
| ·Inhibition and Enhancement in Syntactic Parsing | 第32-33页 |
| ·Age, Comprehension Skills and Inhibition Mechanism | 第33-34页 |
| ·Studies of Inhibition and Enhancement in Metaphor Comprehension | 第34-43页 |
| ·Studies of Inhibition and Enhancement in English Metaphor Comprehension | 第34-39页 |
| ·Keysar's(1994) Study | 第34-35页 |
| ·Gernsbacher et al.'s(1995,2001) Studies | 第35-37页 |
| ·Glucksberg et al.'s(2001) Study | 第37-39页 |
| ·Studies of Inhibition and Enhancement Mechanism in Chinese Metaphor Comprehension | 第39-40页 |
| ·Comment | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter Three The Present Study | 第43-60页 |
| ·The Research Framework | 第43-48页 |
| ·Research Questions and Working Hypotheses | 第48-50页 |
| ·Subjects | 第50页 |
| ·Design | 第50-53页 |
| ·Experimental Task | 第53-54页 |
| ·Materials | 第54-57页 |
| ·Instruments | 第57-58页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第58-59页 |
| ·Pre-analysis of the Data | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第60-73页 |
| ·Results | 第60-67页 |
| ·The Roles of Enhancement and Inhibition in Topic Properties | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Roles of Enhancement and Inhibition in Vehicle Properties | 第63-65页 |
| ·The Comparison Between Enhancement and Inhibition Effects on Topic and Vehicle properties | 第65-67页 |
| ·Discussion | 第67-73页 |
| ·The Roles of Inhibition and Enhancement in Chinese Metaphor Comprehension | 第68-70页 |
| ·The Roles of Topic and Vehicle in Metaphor Comprehension | 第70-73页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| ·Major findings of the Study | 第73页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第73-74页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Researches | 第74-76页 |
| References | 第76-83页 |
| Appendixes | 第83-109页 |
