| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT (Chinese version) | 第4-6页 |
| ABSTRACT (English version) | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-14页 |
| ·An Overview of Parable | 第9-12页 |
| ·Motivation and Purpose | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-26页 |
| ·Mcfague Teselle’s Theological Perspective | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Kj(?)rgaard’s Development | 第18-21页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第22-24页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory and Cooperative Principles | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three A COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF PARABLE | 第26-35页 |
| ·Elucidating Kingdom of God | 第26-27页 |
| ·A CMT Perspective | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Parable of the Mustard Seed from a CMT perspective | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Parable of the Weeds from a CMT perspective | 第28-29页 |
| ·A Conceptual Blending Perspective | 第29-33页 |
| ·The Parable of the Mustard Seed from BT perspective | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Parable of the Weeds from a BT Perspective | 第31-33页 |
| ·Rethinking the Cognitive Functions of the Synoptic Parables | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PARABLES | 第35-40页 |
| ·Parable as Speech Act | 第35-36页 |
| ·Parable and Cooperative Principle | 第36-38页 |
| ·Cultural and Religious Factors | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Five SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | 第40-43页 |
| References | 第43-44页 |