| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-20页 |
| ·Target of Research | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Situation of Metaphor Innovation Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Values and Significance of this Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| ·Overview of this Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-36页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Approach to Metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory of Metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory of Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach to Metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| ·Grice's Conception of Metaphor as an Implicature | 第24-25页 |
| ·Searle's Approach to Metaphor as an Indirect Speech Act | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approaches to Metaphor | 第28-36页 |
| ·Black's Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| ·Lakoff and Johnson's Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending/Integration-Based Approach to Metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Functions of Metaphor Innovation | 第36-54页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Functions of Metaphor Innovation | 第37-43页 |
| ·Literary Attraction of Novel Metaphor | 第38-41页 |
| ·Humorous Effect of Novel Metaphor | 第41-43页 |
| ·The Communication Functions of Metaphor Innovation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Novel Metaphor as a Kind of Circumbendibus Strategy | 第44-45页 |
| ·Novel Metaphor as a Manner of Resolving Discomfiture | 第45页 |
| ·The Cognitive Functions of Metaphor Innovation | 第45-54页 |
| ·Novel Metaphor as the Style of People Cognizing the World | 第46-47页 |
| ·Novel Metaphor with Great Explanation Power | 第47-54页 |
| Chapter 4 Principles of Metaphor Innovation | 第54-80页 |
| ·Rhetorical Approach to Metaphor Innovation | 第55-65页 |
| ·The Similarity Principle | 第55-58页 |
| ·The Synaesthesia Principle | 第58-65页 |
| ·Communicative Approach to Metaphor Innovation:The Context Principle | 第65-71页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Context | 第65-67页 |
| ·Context in Metaphor Innovation | 第67-71页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Metaphor Innovation | 第71-78页 |
| ·The Reversal Principle | 第71-73页 |
| ·The Prominence Principle | 第73-76页 |
| ·The Moderate Principle | 第76-78页 |
| ·Conclusions of the Six Principles of Metaphor Innovation | 第78-80页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第80-84页 |
| ·Conclusions and Findings | 第80-82页 |
| ·Implications and Suggestions | 第82-84页 |
| Works Cited | 第84-86页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第86页 |
