| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Topic of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第13页 |
| ·General Organization of the Present Study | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Inference Research | 第15-26页 |
| ·Pragmatic Approaches to Inference | 第15-23页 |
| ·Grice's Theory of Implicature | 第15-17页 |
| ·Searle's Indirect Speech Act Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Levinson's Neo-Gricean Pragmatic Apparatus | 第19-21页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Comments | 第23页 |
| ·Metonymic Approach to Inference | 第23-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theory of Cognitive Metonymy | 第26-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Understanding Metonymy | 第26-32页 |
| ·Traditional View of Metonymy | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognitive View of Metonymy | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metonymy in Thinking | 第30-32页 |
| ·Classification of Metonymy | 第32-34页 |
| ·Kinds of Metonymy-producing Relationship | 第34-38页 |
| ·Relationship between Whole ICM and Its Part(s) | 第35-36页 |
| ·Relationship between Parts of an ICM | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Role of Metonymy in Pragmatic Inference | 第39-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第39-40页 |
| ·Referential-level Metonymic Inference within ICM | 第40-46页 |
| ·Metonymic Concept and ICM | 第41-43页 |
| ·Referential-level Metonymic Inference Illustrated by Sample Analyses | 第43-46页 |
| ·Speech-act-level Metonymic Inference | 第46-56页 |
| ·Panther and Thornburg's Action Scenario | 第46-49页 |
| ·Types of Speech Act Metonymy Illustrated by Sample Analyses | 第49-53页 |
| ·The BEFORE Component for the Whole Scenario | 第49-51页 |
| ·The CORE/RESULT Component for the Whole Scenario | 第51-52页 |
| ·The AFTER Component for the Whole Scenario | 第52-53页 |
| ·Metonymic Link Force | 第53-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Pedagogical Implications and Applications of This Study | 第57-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57页 |
| ·Theoretical Implication for the Realization of Textual Coherence | 第57-58页 |
| ·Practical Implication for TEFL | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| ·Summary of the whole study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study and Prospects for Future Research | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-67页 |
| 在校期间的研究成果及发表的学术论文 | 第67页 |
