| Acknowledgments | 第1-3页 |
| 摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction to Metonymy | 第8-11页 |
| ·Metonymy as a rhetoric device | 第8页 |
| ·Different Understandings and Definitions about Metonymy | 第8-11页 |
| ·Metonymy in Metaphors We Live By | 第8-9页 |
| ·Langacker’s Interpretation of Metonymy | 第9页 |
| ·Croft and Cruse’s Explanation of Metonymy | 第9页 |
| ·Different definitions of Metonymy | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Metonymy: From the Perspective of Language Philosophy | 第11-19页 |
| ·Metonymy and Vagueness of Language | 第11-12页 |
| ·Metonymy is Ubiquitous | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Metonymic motivation of Metaphor | 第13页 |
| ·Metonymy-based Prototype | 第13页 |
| ·Metonymy in Signs and Gestures | 第13-14页 |
| ·Metonymy, Pragmatic Inferencing and Discourse | 第14页 |
| ·Metonymy and Lexical Structure | 第14页 |
| ·Metonymy and Phonology | 第14页 |
| ·Metonymy and Grammar | 第14-15页 |
| ·Metonymy and Semiotics | 第15-16页 |
| ·Metonymy and Holograph | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter 3 Chinese as a Metonymic Language: From Lexical Perspective | 第19-46页 |
| ·Literature Review: Huang’s findings | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research Procedure and Methodology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Data Base for the Analysis | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Proof of “Chinese as a Metonymic Language”from lexical structure | 第24-46页 |
| ·Relationship between Lexical Categories (Nouns and Verbs) and ambiguity | 第24-27页 |
| ·Different Ways by Which Nouns and Verbs Structure Their Lexical Meanings | 第27-46页 |
| Chapter 4 Another Proof for “Chinese as a Metonymic Language”: Chinese Word Class Ambiguity | 第46-58页 |
| ·“Word Class”or “Part of Speech” | 第46-48页 |
| ·Langacker’s Explanations of Nouns and Verbs | 第48页 |
| ·Word Class Conversion in the Framework of Metonymy | 第48-51页 |
| ·Word Class Ambiguity of Chinese Characters and Compound Words | 第51-58页 |
| ·Word Class Ambiguity of Chinese Characters | 第52-55页 |
| ·Word Class Ambiguity of Chinese Compounds | 第55-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Syntactic Reflection of Chinese Metonymy | 第58-67页 |
| ·Metonymy and Linguistic Structure (Syntax) | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Introduction of Coercion | 第58-59页 |
| ·Different Types of Coercion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Coercion in some English Constructions | 第60-62页 |
| ·Be + Adj / NP Construction | 第60页 |
| ·Middle Construction | 第60-61页 |
| ·Passive Sentences | 第61-62页 |
| ·Coercion in some Chinese Constructions | 第62-67页 |
| ·the Constructions as “吃食堂”(to eat canteen, to eat in the canteen) | 第62-66页 |
| ·Chinese Middle Constructions | 第66-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第67-68页 |
| ·Limitations and Constraints of the Research | 第68-69页 |
| ·Directions for Future Study | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix | 第73-74页 |
