| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第13页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Researches on metonymy | 第15-19页 |
| ·Rhetoric approach to metonymy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to metonymy | 第16-19页 |
| ·Researches on metonymy translation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Researches on the translation of Luotuo Xiangzi | 第20-22页 |
| ·Researches on the relationship between metonymy and context | 第22-25页 |
| 3. Metonymy and Context | 第25-34页 |
| ·Metonymy as a cognitive tool | 第25-28页 |
| ·Definition of metonymy | 第25-26页 |
| ·Typology of metonymy | 第26-28页 |
| ·Context and its functions | 第28-31页 |
| ·Definition and classification of context | 第28-30页 |
| ·Functions of context | 第30-31页 |
| ·Context and metonymy | 第31-34页 |
| ·Linguistic context and metonymy | 第31-32页 |
| ·Situational context and metonymy | 第32-33页 |
| ·Cultural context and metonymy | 第33-34页 |
| 4. Research Methodology | 第34-37页 |
| ·Research questions | 第34页 |
| ·Research hypothesis | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research methods | 第35-36页 |
| ·Research feasibility | 第36页 |
| ·Data collection | 第36-37页 |
| 5. An Empirical Approach to Chinese Metonymy and its Translation in Contexts | 第37-63页 |
| ·Confirmation of Chinese metonymy | 第37-38页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of Chinese metonymy | 第38-41页 |
| ·Observation and constitutional analysis of metonymies | 第41-45页 |
| ·Action ICM metonymy | 第41-43页 |
| ·Sign & Reference ICMs metonymy | 第43-44页 |
| ·Category-and-Member ICM metonymy | 第44页 |
| ·Thing-and-Part ICM metonymy | 第44-45页 |
| ·Reduction ICM metonymy | 第45页 |
| ·The dependence of metonymy on context | 第45-51页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of metonymies in different contexts | 第46-47页 |
| ·Linguistic context and the creation of metonymy | 第47-49页 |
| ·Situational context and the creation of metonymy | 第49-50页 |
| ·Cultural context and the creation of metonymy | 第50-51页 |
| ·Context and the translation methods of Chinese metonymy | 第51-59页 |
| ·Statistical analysis of Chinese metonymy translation | 第51-52页 |
| ·The translation of Chinese metonymy in contexts | 第52-59页 |
| ·Metonymy translation in linguistic context | 第52-56页 |
| ·Metonymy translation in situational context | 第56-58页 |
| ·Metonymy translation in cultural context | 第58-59页 |
| ·The context-dependence of metonymy translation | 第59-63页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major findings | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the research | 第64页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-69页 |
| Publication | 第69页 |
