| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| List of Figures | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-23页 |
| ·Literature Review on Metaphor Studies | 第13-20页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第17-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20页 |
| ·The Topic and Purpose of This Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two A Survey of Coherence | 第23-34页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23页 |
| ·The Development of Coherence Study | 第23-25页 |
| ·Glossary of Terms | 第25-28页 |
| ·Text and Discourse | 第25-26页 |
| ·Texture | 第26-27页 |
| ·Cohesion and Coherence | 第27-28页 |
| ·Factors Influencing Text Coherence | 第28-32页 |
| ·Context | 第28-30页 |
| ·Situational Context | 第29页 |
| ·Cultural Context | 第29-30页 |
| ·World Knowledge | 第30-31页 |
| ·Script and Frame | 第31-32页 |
| ·Pragmatic Presupposition | 第32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor and Coherence | 第34-50页 |
| ·Introduction | 第34页 |
| ·Experientialism: the Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor: Cross-Domain Mapping | 第36-40页 |
| ·Image Schema: the Grounding of Mapping | 第40-41页 |
| ·Invariance Principle and Target Domain Overrides | 第41-42页 |
| ·Coherence of Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-49页 |
| ·Coherence within One Conceptual Metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| ·Coherence between Two Aspects of One Concept | 第44-47页 |
| ·Coherence between Two Conceptual Metaphors with Different Source Domains | 第44-46页 |
| ·Coherence between Two Conceptual Metaphors with Different Target Domains | 第46-47页 |
| ·Complex Coherence across Conceptual Metaphors | 第47-49页 |
| ·Coherence among Three or More Aspects of One Concept | 第47-48页 |
| ·Coherence between Two Conceptual Metaphors Sharing No Target or Source Domain | 第48-49页 |
| ·Summary | 第49-50页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Metaphor and the Construction of Text Coherence | 第50-65页 |
| ·Introduction | 第50页 |
| ·Coherent Text with One Conceptual Metaphor | 第50-52页 |
| ·Coherent Text with Two Conceptual Metaphors | 第52-56页 |
| ·Two Conceptual Metaphors Highlighting Two Different Aspects of One Concept | 第52-54页 |
| ·Two Conceptual Metaphors Highlighting Two Different Concepts | 第54-56页 |
| ·Coherent Text with Three or More Conceptual Metaphors | 第56-61页 |
| ·Through One Basic Conceptual Metaphor and Several Peripheral Ones | 第56-58页 |
| ·Through One Implicit Conceptual Metaphor and Two Explicit Ones | 第58-59页 |
| ·Through Several Parallel Conceptual Metaphors | 第59-61页 |
| ·Case Studies from Fortress Besieged | 第61-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第61页 |
| ·Case One | 第61-62页 |
| ·Case Two | 第62-63页 |
| ·Case Three | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·A Summary of the Thesis | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第66页 |
| ·Directions for Further Research | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
| Publications | 第71页 |
