| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Topic and Purpose of This Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12页 |
| ·Approaches to Metaphor | 第12-16页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to Metaphor | 第12-14页 |
| ·Cognitive Approaches to Metaphor | 第14-16页 |
| ·Cohesion and Coherence in Discourse Analysis | 第16-20页 |
| ·Cohesion in Discourse | 第16-19页 |
| ·Coherence in Discourse | 第19-20页 |
| ·Relationship between Cohesion and Coherence | 第20页 |
| ·Relationship between Conceptual Metaphor and Textual Functions | 第20-21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22-28页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory:Experientialism | 第23-24页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor:Cross-Domain Mapping | 第24-25页 |
| ·Systematicity of Conceptual Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Entailment of Conceptual Metaphor | 第25页 |
| ·Systematicity Formed by Entailment Relationship | 第25-26页 |
| ·Metaphorical Highlighting and Hiding | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four Textual Functions of Conceptual Metaphor:Cohesion and Coherence | 第28-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and the Construction of Cohesion | 第28-33页 |
| ·Reference Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Reiteration Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·Collocation Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-33页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and the Construction of Coherence | 第33-38页 |
| ·Entailment of Conceptual Metaphor and Coherence | 第33-36页 |
| ·Highlighting Different Aspects of One Concept and Coherence | 第36-37页 |
| ·Highlighting Different Aspects of Different Concepts and Coherence | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five Implications of the Textual Functions of Conceptual Metaphor for Teaching English Reading | 第40-56页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·An Overview of Reading Comprehension | 第40-41页 |
| ·Motivations for Teaching Metaphor in English Reading | 第41页 |
| ·Cohesion Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor in English Reading Text | 第41-43页 |
| ·Reference in English Reading Text | 第41-42页 |
| ·Reiteration in English Reading Text | 第42-43页 |
| ·Collocation in English Reading Text | 第43页 |
| ·Coherence Constructed by Conceptual Metaphor in English Reading Text | 第43-45页 |
| ·Overlapping Entailments within One Conceptual Metaphor | 第44页 |
| ·Entailments of More Than One Conceptual Metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| ·Highlighting Different Aspects of One Concept | 第45页 |
| ·Case Studies | 第45-55页 |
| ·Case One | 第46-51页 |
| ·Case Two | 第51-55页 |
| ·Summary | 第55-56页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第56-59页 |
| ·A Summary of the Thesis | 第56页 |
| ·Implications of This Study | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Prospects for Further Research | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| Publications | 第63页 |
