| Abstract | 第1-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization of the study | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-22页 |
| ·Traditional rhetorical view of metonymy | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cognitive view of metonymy | 第16-18页 |
| ·Traditional view versus cognitive view of metonymy | 第18-19页 |
| ·Comparison between metaphor and metonymy | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three General Theoretical Issues: Textual Metonymy in Cognitive Semiotics | 第22-27页 |
| ·Definition of textual metonymy | 第22页 |
| ·Features of textual metonymy | 第22-26页 |
| ·Cognitive nature of textual metonymy | 第23页 |
| ·Textual metonymy as a way of thinking | 第23页 |
| ·Textual metonymy cutting across three realms | 第23页 |
| ·Role of textual metonymy | 第23-24页 |
| ·Metonymy accounting for text cohesion and coherence | 第24-26页 |
| ·Semiotic nature of sign and metonymy | 第24-25页 |
| ·Limitation of previous study on text cohesion and coherence | 第25-26页 |
| ·The cognitive semiotic model of textual metonymy | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four Metonymy and Cohesion in English Texts | 第27-35页 |
| ·Review on cohesion | 第27-28页 |
| ·Halliday and Hasan's framework of cohesion | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metonymy and grammatical cohesion | 第29-32页 |
| ·Metonymy and reference | 第29-30页 |
| ·Metonymy and substitution | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metonymy and ellipsis | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metonymy and lexical cohesion | 第32-35页 |
| ·Metonymy and synonymy | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metonymy, hyponymy and superordinateness | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Five Metonymy and Coherence in English Texts | 第35-49页 |
| ·Review on coherence | 第35-36页 |
| ·Relationship Between cohesion and coherence in previous study | 第36-37页 |
| ·Metonymy and schema theory | 第37-49页 |
| ·Metonymy and schemata | 第38-39页 |
| ·Metonymy and scripts | 第39-42页 |
| ·Metonymy and scenarios | 第42-44页 |
| ·Metonymy and plans | 第44-47页 |
| ·Metonymy and Goals | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Major findings of the thesis | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further study | 第50-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |