| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第9-11页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Method of the study | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of this dissertation | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-31页 |
| ·Traditional Rhetorical View of Metonymy | 第13-16页 |
| ·Pragmatic View of Metonymy | 第16-20页 |
| ·Gricean Approach to Metonymy | 第16-17页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretic Treatment of Metonymy | 第17-20页 |
| ·Cognitive View of Metonymy | 第20-29页 |
| ·Metonymy from the Perspective of Cognition | 第20-25页 |
| ·Metonymy and Conceptual Integration Theory | 第25-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第31-42页 |
| ·The Model-based Pragmatic Reasoning View (MPRV) | 第31-34页 |
| ·Mental Models | 第31-32页 |
| ·Mental Models and Stereotypical Relations | 第32-34页 |
| ·Summary of MPRV | 第34页 |
| ·The Impartment and Inheritance of the Connotation and Denotation (IICD) Approach | 第34-41页 |
| ·Type Hierarchy Structure | 第35-38页 |
| ·Brief Introduction of the IICD Approach | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Analytic Framework of the IICD Approach | 第40-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four A Unified Account of Understanding Metonymy | 第42-61页 |
| ·The Conditions for Impartment and Inheritance among Categories | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Fuzzy Nature of Category Boundary | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Dynamical Profile of Actual Representation | 第43-45页 |
| ·The Dynamical Representation of Conceptual System | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Role of Context | 第46-47页 |
| ·Supposition of Metonymic Processing from IICD Approach | 第47-48页 |
| ·M etonymic Processing Mechanism | 第48-53页 |
| ·The Understanding of the Expression “A is B” | 第48-51页 |
| ·Metonymy Processing Mechanism | 第51-53页 |
| ·A pplication of Metonymy | 第53-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Summary of This Paper | 第61-62页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study and the Practical Implications | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-67页 |
