| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Background to this study | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13页 |
| ·Data collection | 第13-14页 |
| ·Method in this study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Organization of this thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·Previons researches on metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Traditional views on metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cognitive views on metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Previons researches on coherence | 第18-22页 |
| ·Halliday & Hasan's Cohesion-Register Theory | 第18页 |
| ·Van Dijk's Macrostructure Theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·Widdowson's Illocutionary Act Theory | 第19页 |
| ·Coherence researches from cognitive perspective | 第19-20页 |
| ·Coherence researches in China | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous researches on the coherent function of metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| ·Lakoff & Jonson's view on metaphorical coherence | 第22-24页 |
| ·Coherence constructed by a single conceptual metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Coherence constructed by more than one conceptual metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·The researches on metaphor's coherent function in China | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comments on inadequacy of the previous researches | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Frameworks | 第27-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第27-29页 |
| ·Major characteristics of conceptual metaphor | 第27页 |
| ·Experiential basis of conceptual metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Mapping—the working mechanism of conceptual metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphor and the world knowledge | 第29页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第29-34页 |
| ·Relevance and cognition | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential communication | 第30页 |
| ·Contextual effect and cognitive effort | 第30-32页 |
| ·Principle of relevance | 第32页 |
| ·Relevance and coherence | 第32-34页 |
| ·Theoretical basis for this thesis | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Four Case Analysis and Discussion | 第38-70页 |
| ·Coherence constructed by metaphor's emotion-stimulating function | 第38-44页 |
| ·Coherence constructed by metaphor's evaluative function | 第44-55页 |
| ·Coherence constructed by the shared cultural environment between the addresser and theaddressee | 第55-67页 |
| ·The coherence resulted from the same cultural connotation embodied in both Chinese and English metaphors | 第55-59页 |
| ·The coherence resulted from the cultural difference embodied in Chinese and English metaphors respectively | 第59-67页 |
| ·Discussion | 第67-70页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第70-76页 |
| ·Major findings | 第70-74页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第80-88页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第88-90页 |
