| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-18页 |
| Part 1 Introduction | 第18-23页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research questions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第20页 |
| ·Data | 第20-21页 |
| ·Structure of the Dissertation | 第21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Part 2 Theoretical Framework and Literature Review | 第23-61页 |
| ·Image Schema Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·Schemas, images, and image schemas | 第24-28页 |
| ·Image Schema and Their Transformations | 第28-37页 |
| ·Properties and functions of image schema | 第29-32页 |
| ·Image schema transformation | 第32-34页 |
| ·Image schema and metaphorical and metonymical mechanisms | 第34-37页 |
| ·The Different Views on Meaning | 第37-43页 |
| ·The philosophical basis of meaning | 第37-40页 |
| ·The traditional view on meaning | 第40-42页 |
| ·The cognitive view on meaning | 第42-43页 |
| ·Meaning Construction | 第43-50页 |
| ·Meaning construction in traditional view | 第43-44页 |
| ·Meaning construction in cognitive view | 第44-50页 |
| ·Indirect Speech Act and Metonymy | 第50-61页 |
| ·Indirect speech | 第51-53页 |
| ·Brief introduction of metonymy | 第53-56页 |
| ·Metonymy and indirect speech act | 第56-61页 |
| Part 3 Methodology | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Paper | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Methods Used | 第62-64页 |
| Part 4 Results | 第64-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第64-67页 |
| ·The Case Study | 第67-74页 |
| ·Container schema and metonymy in indirect speech acts | 第68-71页 |
| ·Part-whole schema and metonymy in indirect speech acts | 第71-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-76页 |
| Part 5 Discussion | 第76-88页 |
| ·Introduction | 第76-77页 |
| ·The Function of Context in Inference | 第77-82页 |
| ·Subject contextual factors (SCF) | 第80-81页 |
| ·Objective contextual factors (OCF) | 第81-82页 |
| ·Other Factors and Inference | 第82-85页 |
| ·Intention | 第82-85页 |
| ·Culture | 第85页 |
| ·Summary: Cognitive-Pragmatic Interface | 第85-88页 |
| Part 6 Conclusion | 第88-94页 |
| ·Introduction | 第88-90页 |
| ·Findings and Conclusions | 第90-93页 |
| ·Limitations of Our Work | 第93-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-98页 |
| Published Paper | 第98-99页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第99页 |
