| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-11页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第13-15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·Studies of Synaesthesia | 第17-27页 |
| ·The Definition of Synaesthesia | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies of Synaesthesia Abroad | 第18-24页 |
| ·Studies of Synaesthesia in China | 第24-27页 |
| ·Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty | 第27-29页 |
| ·An Introduction to the Tang Poetry | 第27-28页 |
| ·Studies of the Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第29-49页 |
| ·The Embodied Philosophy | 第29-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第30-38页 |
| ·The Conceptual Nature of Metaphor | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Internal Structure of Metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Embodied Nature of Metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Embodied Nature of Synaesthetic Metaphor | 第38-41页 |
| ·Concrete Source Domains | 第38-39页 |
| ·Neural Embodiment | 第39-40页 |
| ·Phenomenological Embodiment | 第40-41页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第41-46页 |
| ·Mental Space Theory | 第41-42页 |
| ·Principle of Blending | 第42-46页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第46-48页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第46-47页 |
| ·Research Design | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cognitive Analysis of Synaesthetic Metaphors in the Tang Poetry | 第49-74页 |
| ·Introduction | 第49页 |
| ·Data Presentation and Description | 第49-51页 |
| ·Statistics and Percentage | 第49-50页 |
| ·General Descriptions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Mappings of Synaesthetic Metaphors in the Three Hundred Poems of the TangDynasty | 第51-64页 |
| ·Touch and Temperature as Source Domains | 第51-56页 |
| ·Vision as Source Domain | 第56-59页 |
| ·Taste as Source Domain | 第59-62页 |
| ·Smell as Source Domain | 第62-63页 |
| ·Hearing as Source Domain | 第63-64页 |
| ·The Tendency of Transference | 第64-70页 |
| ·Directionality and Accessibility of Synaesthesia | 第64-68页 |
| ·Frequency of the Use of the Six Sensations in Synaesthesia | 第68-70页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences of Synaesthesia Between English and Chinese | 第70-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第74-76页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 1 | 第74页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 2 | 第74-75页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 3 | 第75页 |
| ·Answers to Research Question 4 | 第75-76页 |
| ·Limitations of the Research | 第76页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第76-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-82页 |
| Appendix | 第82-85页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第85页 |
