| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| 1.1 Research background of the study | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research objectives and significance | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research method and data source | 第16-18页 |
| 1.4 Research organization | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-36页 |
| 2.1 Review of presupposition | 第20-25页 |
| 2.1.1 From the view of cognition | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 From the view of culture | 第23页 |
| 2.1.3 From the view of pragmatics | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2 Review of novel metaphors in Fortress Besieged | 第25-30页 |
| 2.2.1 From perspective of rheotic | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 From perspective of cognition | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2.3 From perspective of pragmatics | 第29-30页 |
| 2.3 Redefining the novel metaphors | 第30-36页 |
| 2.3.1 Violations against the similarities between the tenor and the vehicle | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.2 Violations against the property of the vehicle | 第33-34页 |
| 2.3.3 Violations against the contextual presupposition | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Operating Mechanism of Presupposition | 第36-46页 |
| 3.1 Operating mechanism of covert presupposition | 第38-41页 |
| 3.1.1 Matches between the vehicle and presupposition conditions | 第38-40页 |
| 3.1.2 Functions of socio-cultural context | 第40-41页 |
| 3.2 Operating mechanism of overt presupposition | 第41-43页 |
| 3.2.1 Match between the vehicle and presupposition conditions | 第41-42页 |
| 3.2.2 Functions of intra-sentential context | 第42-43页 |
| 3.3 Operating mechanism in novel metaphor | 第43-46页 |
| 3.3.1 Presupposition factors | 第43-44页 |
| 3.3.2 Presupposition requirements | 第44页 |
| 3.3.3 Presupposition functions | 第44-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Novel Metaphors Under the Mechanism of Covert Presupposition | 第46-58页 |
| 4.1 Cultural factors in covert presupposition | 第47-52页 |
| 4.1.1 Satirzing of idioms in covert vehicle | 第48-50页 |
| 4.1.2 Emotional expressing of historical events in covert vehicle | 第50-52页 |
| 4.2 Communicative factors in covert presupposition | 第52-58页 |
| 4.2.1 Writer’s leading role | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2.2 Reader’s reconstruction | 第54-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Novel Metaphors Under the Mechanism of Overt Presupposition | 第58-70页 |
| 5.1 Linguistic factors in the overt presupposition | 第59-66页 |
| 5.1.1 Intra-sentential contextual factors | 第61-63页 |
| 5.1.2 Intra-sentential conceptual factors | 第63-66页 |
| 5.2 Interacting factors in overt presupposition | 第66-70页 |
| 5.2.1 Writer’s pre-existing context | 第66-68页 |
| 5.2.2 Vehicle’s Contemporaneity | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第70-76页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of the study | 第71-74页 |
| 6.1.1 Redefining the novel metaphor in the Fortress Besieged | 第71-73页 |
| 6.1.2 Establishing the conceptions of covert and overt presupposition | 第73-74页 |
| 6.1.3 Finding out the operating mechanism of presupposition | 第74页 |
| 6.2 Limitations of the study | 第74-75页 |
| 6.3 Suggestions for future research | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-81页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的主要研究成果 | 第81-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
