| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-21页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第15-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第17页 |
| ·Methodology of the Research | 第17-19页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第21-31页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Generics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Studies on Generics | 第23-28页 |
| ·Rule-based Studies | 第23-25页 |
| ·Probability-based Studies | 第25页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic-based Studies | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cognition-based Studies | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Generative Holism | 第26-27页 |
| ·Analogous Prototype Theory | 第27页 |
| ·The Cognitive-based Studies of Other Scholars | 第27页 |
| ·The Pragmatic-based Studies | 第27-28页 |
| ·Comments on the Previous Studies | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第31-40页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy in Cognitive linguistics | 第31-38页 |
| ·Cognitive definition of Metonymy | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metonymy as a Conceptual Phenomenon | 第33-34页 |
| ·Metonymy as a Cognitive Process | 第34-35页 |
| ·Metonymy Operating Within an ICM | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Metonymic Mechanisms | 第37-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Analyses of English Generics in New College English | 第40-59页 |
| ·Introduction | 第40页 |
| ·Identification of Generics in College English Courses | 第40-51页 |
| ·Identification of the Law-like Generics | 第40-45页 |
| ·Realization of NPs of Law-like English Generics | 第41-43页 |
| ·Realization of Semantic Meaning of Law-like English Generics | 第43-45页 |
| ·Identification of Temporary generics | 第45-48页 |
| ·Identification of Temporal Generics through Clauses | 第45-46页 |
| ·Identification of Temporal Generics through Their Subjects | 第46-48页 |
| ·Identification of Implicit Generics | 第48-51页 |
| ·Identification of Implicit Generics in Simile | 第48-49页 |
| ·Identification of Implicit Generics in Metaphor | 第49-50页 |
| ·Identification of Implicit Generics in Metonymy | 第50-51页 |
| ·Analyses of Generics in College English course | 第51-57页 |
| ·The Distribution of Generics in Different Type of Texts | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Functions of English Generics in the Text | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Functions of Law-like Generics in the Texts | 第54-56页 |
| ·The Functions of Temporal Generics in the Texts | 第56页 |
| ·The Functions of Implicit Generics in the Texts | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Cognitive Analyses of Generics with Conceptual Metonymy45 5.1 Introduction | 第59-79页 |
| ·Introduction | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analyses of the Foundations for the Use of Generics | 第60-63页 |
| ·Language Foundations for the Use of Generics | 第60-61页 |
| ·Social Foundations for the Use of Generics | 第61-62页 |
| ·Cognitive Foundations for the Use of Generics | 第62-63页 |
| ·Categorization Foundations for the Use of Generics | 第63页 |
| ·Analyses of Exception-toleration of Generics Based on Conceptual Metonymy | 第63-75页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Exception-toleration of Generics | 第64-66页 |
| ·Explanation on Exception-toleration with Prototype Effects | 第66-69页 |
| ·Explanation on Exception-toleration of Generics within ICMs | 第69-73页 |
| ·Explanation on Exception-toleration by Metonymic Mechanisms | 第73-75页 |
| ·Explanation on the Existence of Implicit Generics | 第75-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-79页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第79-83页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第79-80页 |
| ·Implications | 第80-81页 |
| ·Implications on the Study of Generics | 第80-81页 |
| ·Implications on College English Learning | 第81页 |
| ·Limitations | 第81-83页 |
| Bibliography | 第83-87页 |
| Appendix A | 第87-88页 |
| Appendix B | 第88-104页 |
| Publications | 第104页 |
