| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Topic | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第12-23页 |
| ·Studies of Grammaticalization | 第12-13页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第13-18页 |
| ·Traditional View of Metonymy | 第13-14页 |
| ·Cognitive View of Metonymy | 第14-18页 |
| ·Related Theories | 第18-22页 |
| ·Previous Researches on Tense and Remaining Issues | 第18-19页 |
| ·Tense Categorization | 第19页 |
| ·Present Connectiveness | 第19-20页 |
| ·Metonymy within Context | 第20-21页 |
| ·Stage Model | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| 3 A Model for Tense Metonymy in Grammaticalization | 第23-27页 |
| ·The Relation between Psychological Time and Physical Time | 第23-24页 |
| ·Tense Grammaticalization | 第24-25页 |
| ·Tense Metonymy | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-27页 |
| 4 Metonymy in “Present Tense for Past Tense” | 第27-43页 |
| ·General Historical Present Tense | 第28-36页 |
| ·Historical present Tense in Reality | 第28页 |
| ·From the Perspective of the Speaker | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Ignorance or Uncertainty of Occurrence Time | 第32-35页 |
| ·Remoteness in Time | 第35页 |
| ·Effect of Event, State or Idea of People Passed Away | 第35-36页 |
| ·Historical Pesent in Narrative | 第36-41页 |
| ·Temporal Emotional Meaning or Speaking Manner | 第38-39页 |
| ·Introduction of Book, Film, Television Program, Stage, Picture and Headline | 第39-40页 |
| ·Effect of Departed Works | 第40-41页 |
| ·Application of Stage Model | 第41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| 5 Metonymy in “Present Tense for Future Tense” | 第43-50页 |
| ·Future Tense in Sentence-External Context | 第44-46页 |
| ·Planned on Schedule | 第44-46页 |
| ·Product Instructions and Introduction to Latter Part of a Book | 第46页 |
| ·Future Tense in Sentence-Internal Context | 第46-49页 |
| ·Temporal Clause | 第47页 |
| ·Conditional Clause | 第47-49页 |
| ·Concessive Clause | 第49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| 6. Metonymy in “Present Tense for Both Past Tense and Future Tense” | 第50-55页 |
| ·State and Truth | 第50-52页 |
| ·Daily Habit | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-55页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-61页 |
| List of Figures | 第61-62页 |
| Academic Achievements and Awards | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63页 |
