| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Review of the Study of Synesthesia as a Figure of Speech | 第13-17页 |
| 1.1 What is Synesthesia? | 第13页 |
| 1.2 Two Different Views of the Existence of Synesthesia | 第13-15页 |
| 1.3 Synesthesia Excluded from Metaphor in Traditional Rhetoric | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第17-20页 |
| 2.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) | 第17-18页 |
| 2.2 A Metaphor-oriented Approach to Synesthesia | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Synesthesia—a Special Type of Cognitive Metaphor | 第20-33页 |
| 3. 1 Synesthesia As a Kind of Cognitive Phenomenon in Essence | 第20-21页 |
| 3.1.1 Synesthesia Not Just As a Kind of Language Phenomenon | 第20页 |
| 3.1.2 Synesthesia As a Result and Tool of Human Cognitive Activities | 第20-21页 |
| 3.2 Synesthesia: Its Own Special Cognitive Structure | 第21-23页 |
| 3.3 A Cognitive Analysis of the Origin of Synesthesia | 第23-27页 |
| 3.3.1 Same Hypothesis of Origin As Metaphor: "Thought Poverty" | 第23-24页 |
| 3.3.2 Physical and Psychological Causes of the Origin of Synesthesia | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3.3 Proofs in the Fields of Neural Science, Psychology and Medical Science | 第25-27页 |
| 3.4 A Cognitive View of the Function of Synesthesia | 第27-28页 |
| 3.4.1 Synesthesia Acting As a Tool to Organize Human Experiences | 第27-28页 |
| 3.4.2 Synesthesia Providing People with a New Perspective of Perceiving Things | 第28页 |
| 3.5 Conceptual Structure of Synesthesia Restricted by Cognitive Rules | 第28-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Comparative Analysis of English and Chinese Synesthesia | 第33-48页 |
| 4.1 Common Cognitive Rules for Producing the Similarities between English and Chinese | 第33-44页 |
| 4.2 Variance between English and Chinese Resulting from Cultural Differences | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter 5 Application of Synesthesia in English and Chinese | 第48-60页 |
| 5.1 Application of Synesthesia in English and Chinese Advertisement | 第48-52页 |
| 5.1.1 Mix of Vision and Hearing and the Activation of Aesthetic Feelings | 第49页 |
| 5.1.2 Mix of All Sense Organs and the Aesthetic Conception of Advertisements | 第49-51页 |
| 5.1.3 Special Requests for Commodity Package by Synesthesia of Colors | 第51-52页 |
| 5.1.4 Negative Effects of Synesthesia | 第52页 |
| 5.2 Application of Synesthesia in English and Chinese Literature | 第52-54页 |
| 5.3 Application of Synesthesia in Teaching | 第54-60页 |
| 5.3.1 Application of Synesthesia in Teaching of Language | 第55-56页 |
| 5.3.2 Application of Synesthesia in Teaching of Fine Arts | 第56-58页 |
| 5.3.3 Application of Synesthesia in Teaching of Music | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
| Publication | 第66-67页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情祝表 | 第67页 |
