| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Motivation of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Object of Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第15页 |
| ·Data Collection and Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第18-28页 |
| ·Overview | 第18页 |
| ·Negative View of "Adverb + Noun”"Structure | 第18-20页 |
| ·Affirmative View of "Adverb + Noun" Structure | 第20-26页 |
| ·Semantic Approach | 第20-22页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach | 第23-25页 |
| ·Other Approaches | 第25-26页 |
| ·Summary | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第28-46页 |
| ·Conceptual Metonymy | 第28-32页 |
| ·The Nature of Conceptual Metonymy | 第29-30页 |
| ·Idealized Cognitive Model | 第30-31页 |
| ·Salience | 第31页 |
| ·The Basic Metonymy Relationship | 第31-32页 |
| ·The Theory of Grammatical Metonymy | 第32-38页 |
| ·Definitions of Grammatical Metonymy | 第32-35页 |
| ·Characteristics of Grammatical Metonymy | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Operational Model of Grammatical Metonymy | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Interaction between Conceptual Metonymy and the Grammatical Level | 第40-42页 |
| ·Context Regulation on the Grammatical Metonymy | 第42-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Four The “Degree Adverb + Noun” Structure and Its Grammatical Metonymy Analysis | 第46-64页 |
| ·Introduction | 第46页 |
| ·The Degree Adverb in “Degree Adverb + Noun” Structure | 第46-50页 |
| ·Relative Degree Adverb + Noun | 第48页 |
| ·Absolute Degree Adverb + Noun | 第48-50页 |
| ·Grammatical Metonymy Analysis of the “Degree Adverb + Noun” Structure | 第50-62页 |
| ·Different Types of Nouns in “Degree Adverb + Noun” Structure | 第50-58页 |
| ·The Motivation of the Operation of Grammatical Metonymy | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Semantic Characteristics of the Nouns in "Degree Adverb + Noun" Structure | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Context Regulation on the Grammatical Metonymy | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations | 第65-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |
