| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Need for the Present Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第12-22页 |
| ·Definitions of Cohesion , Coherence and Text | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Study of Coherence | 第13-15页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Approach to Coherence | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Psychological Approach to Coherence | 第14-15页 |
| ·Studies on Metonymy | 第15-22页 |
| ·The Definitions of Metonymy | 第15-17页 |
| ·Synecdoche and Metonymy | 第17-18页 |
| ·Metaphor and Metonymy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Classification of Metonymy by Pragmatic Approach | 第19-22页 |
| 3 The Contributions of Speech Act Metonymy to Text Coherence | 第22-33页 |
| ·The Action Scenario | 第22-25页 |
| ·Scenario for the Directive Speech Act | 第23-24页 |
| ·Scenario for the Commissive Speech Act | 第24页 |
| ·Scenario for the Expressive Speech Act | 第24-25页 |
| ·Classifications of Speech Act Metonymy | 第25-26页 |
| ·The BEFORE Stands for the Whole | 第25-26页 |
| ·The CORE/RESULT Stands for the Whole | 第26页 |
| ·The AFTER Stands for the Whole | 第26页 |
| ·Modification to the Theory of Scenario | 第26-30页 |
| ·Pragmatic Parameters | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognitive Models of Speech Act Metonymy | 第28-30页 |
| ·Speech Act Metonymy and the Degrees of Coherence | 第30-33页 |
| ·Two Hypothesis | 第30-31页 |
| ·Spreading Activation Modal and Speech Act Metonymy | 第31-33页 |
| 4 The Coherent Functions of Speech Act Metonymy | 第33-45页 |
| ·Analysis of the Directive Speech Act Metonymy | 第33-38页 |
| ·The Directive Speech Act Metonymy Sentences | 第34-37页 |
| ·Directive Speech Act Metonymy and Text coherence | 第37-38页 |
| ·Analysis of Commissive Speech Act Metonymies | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Commissive Speech Act Metonymy Sentences | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Commissive Speech Act Metonymy and Text Coherence | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analysis of Expressive Speech Act Metonymy | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Expressive Speech Act Metonymic sentences | 第42-44页 |
| ·The Coherent Function of the Expressive Speech Act Metonymy | 第44-45页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第45-46页 |
| ·Implications of the Thesis | 第46页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第46-48页 |
| References | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix A List of tables and figures | 第51-52页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第52页 |
