| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| List of tables and figure | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives and research questions | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第14-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Traditional metaphor theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor theory | 第16-19页 |
| ·Two attitudes towards metaphors in PST | 第19-21页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·The attitude of depreciation | 第19-20页 |
| ·The attitude of appreciation | 第20-21页 |
| ·Researches on metaphors under the Relevance Theory abroad and at home | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical framework | 第23-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23页 |
| ·Two extent conditions of Relevance Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Three potential relations of contextual effects in Relevance Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Three factors that determine the contextual effect in Relevance Theory | 第25-26页 |
| ·The relation between Relevance Theory and reading materials | 第26-33页 |
| ·Reading as an inference-making process | 第26-28页 |
| ·Mutual manifestness of cognitive environment as a premise to reading materials | 第28-29页 |
| ·Reading as a process of getting optimal relevance | 第29-30页 |
| ·Context assumptions in reading materials | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis on metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from the perspective of Relevance Theory | 第33-51页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Data | 第33页 |
| ·Analysis from two extent conditions on metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from the perspective of Relevance Theory | 第33-35页 |
| ·Extent condition 1: An assumption is relevant in a context to the extent that its contextual effects in this context are large. | 第33-34页 |
| ·Extent condition 2: An assumption is relevant in a context to the extent that the effort required to process it in this context is small | 第34-35页 |
| ·Analysis from three relations between new information and given information | 第35-42页 |
| ·Relation 1: New information unites with old information and gives rise to new contextual implications | 第35-37页 |
| ·Relation 2: New information strengthens the existing contextual assumptions | 第37-40页 |
| ·Relation 3: New information contradicts the existing contextual assumptions and rejects the old assumptions | 第40-42页 |
| ·Analysis from three factors that determine the contextual effect | 第42-44页 |
| ·Analysis of two special kinds of metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from the perspective of Relevance Theory | 第44-51页 |
| ·Asymmetrical metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials | 第44-46页 |
| ·Cultural oriented metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials | 第46-47页 |
| ·Analysis on asymmetrical and cultural oriented metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from two extent conditions | 第47-48页 |
| ·Analysis on asymmetrical and cultural oriented metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from three relations between new information and given information | 第48-49页 |
| ·Analysis on asymmetrical and cultural oriented metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials from three factors that determine the contextual effect | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion and implications | 第51-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第51页 |
| ·Major results and findings of the research | 第51-53页 |
| ·The three aspects of the asymmetry in the metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials | 第51-53页 |
| ·The cultural orientation in the metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials | 第53页 |
| ·The positive effects of the three aspects of Relevance Theory on the understanding of the metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading materials | 第53页 |
| ·Implications | 第53-56页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications on the application of Relevance Theory to current problems in understanding metaphors in PST of CET-4&6 reading material | 第53-55页 |
| ·Implications on other aspects | 第55-56页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第61页 |
