| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Main Objective of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Feasibility and Significance of the Study | 第9-11页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Research Questions | 第11页 |
| ·The General Organization of the Study | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| ·Present Research of Metaphor at Home and Abroad | 第13-21页 |
| ·Present Research of Metaphor Abroad | 第14-20页 |
| ·Substitution Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·Analogy Theory | 第15页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·Mapping Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第18-20页 |
| ·Present Research of Metaphor at Home | 第20-21页 |
| ·Present Research of Metaphor in Poems | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Relation between Metaphor and Poems | 第21-22页 |
| ·Metaphor in Poems | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Three The Theoretical Framework | 第25-36页 |
| ·The Present Research of the Relevance Theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Origin and Definition of the Cognitive Relevance | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Main Points of the Relevance Theory | 第29-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifestation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Principle of Relevance and Optimal Relevance | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Relevance Theory and Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four The Classification of Metaphor in Wang Wei’s and Meng Haoran’s Poems | 第36-42页 |
| ·The Phonetic Metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| ·Onomatopoeia | 第36-37页 |
| ·Rhyme | 第37-38页 |
| ·Lexical Metaphor | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Nominal Metaphor | 第38-39页 |
| ·Verbal Metaphor | 第39页 |
| ·Adjectival Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Verse Metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Metaphors Interpretation in Tang Poems Based on Relevance Theory— Case Studiesof Wang Wei’s and Meng Haoran’s Poems | 第42-63页 |
| ·Metaphor as an Ostensive-Inferential Communication | 第42-45页 |
| ·Analysis of the Metaphor in Poems’ Production | 第45-52页 |
| ·Poets’ Intention in Writing the Poems | 第45-49页 |
| ·Presupposition and Ostension Process in Writing Poems | 第49-52页 |
| ·Analysis of the Comprehension of Metaphor in Poems | 第52-62页 |
| ·Comprehension Process from the Ostension to the Readers’ Presupposition | 第52-56页 |
| ·Cognitive Context and the Inference of Metaphor in Tang Poems | 第56-59页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance and the Nature of Interpreting Metaphor | 第59-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-69页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第63-66页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions of the Study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Further Development of the Research | 第67-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69-73页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第73-74页 |
| Publications | 第74-75页 |
