| ABSTRACT | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·Aim of the research | 第7-8页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第10-24页 |
| ·Views on metaphor | 第10-20页 |
| ·Traditional views on metaphor | 第10-13页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistic views on metaphor | 第13-17页 |
| ·Conventional metaphor and novel metaphor | 第17-20页 |
| ·Metaphor and English reading | 第20-24页 |
| ·Cognitive nature of English reading | 第20-22页 |
| ·Metaphor and English reading | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 A Relevance-based Approach to Novel Metaphor | 第24-42页 |
| ·Theoretical basis of relevance theory | 第24-29页 |
| ·Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·The principle of relevance | 第25-26页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential communication | 第26-27页 |
| ·Non-demonstrative inference and deduction | 第27-29页 |
| ·Novel Metaphor comprehension in English reading | 第29-42页 |
| ·Mutual manifestness:the prerequisite for metaphorical understanding | 第30-32页 |
| ·Metaphor understanding:identification of explicatures | 第32-34页 |
| ·Metaphor understanding:construction of contextual assumptions | 第34-37页 |
| ·Metaphor understanding:constructing implicatures | 第37-39页 |
| ·Suggestions on the choice of possible interpretations | 第39-40页 |
| ·A tentative relevance-oriented model of metaphor | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter 4 A Survey on Chinese Students' Comprehension of Novel Metaphor | 第42-51页 |
| ·Research methods | 第42-44页 |
| ·Hypothesis of this research | 第42页 |
| ·Subjects | 第42-43页 |
| ·Materials and design | 第43-44页 |
| ·Data analysis and results | 第44-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Pedagogical Implications of novel metaphor in English reading | 第51-63页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications | 第51-53页 |
| ·Suggestions on the teaching of novel metaphor in English reading | 第53-63页 |
| ·Cultivation of metaphorical competence | 第53-57页 |
| ·Cultivation of cultural awareness | 第57-63页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Main findings | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the thesis | 第64页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| Appendix | 第69-72页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第72-73页 |
