| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1.1 The objective of the study | 第11页 |
| 1.2 The significance of the study | 第11页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| 1.4 The structure of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-30页 |
| 2.1 Word-Level Metaphor Studies and Theories | 第14-17页 |
| 2.1.1 Aristotle and Comparison Theory | 第14-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Quintilian and Substitution Theory | 第16-17页 |
| 2.2 Meaning-Level Metaphor Studies and Theories | 第17-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Richards & Black and Interaction Theory | 第18-21页 |
| 2.2.2 John Searle and 'Speaker's Utterance Meaning' | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Thinking-Level Metaphor Studies and Theories | 第22-29页 |
| 2.3.1 Lakoff & Johnson and the Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第22-25页 |
| 2.3.2 Fauconnier & Turner and the Conceptual Blending Theory | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3.3 Xu Shenghuan & Liao Qiaoyun(2013) | 第27-29页 |
| 2.3.4 Wu Bingzhang(2013) | 第29页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-39页 |
| 3.1 Theory of Affordances | 第30-35页 |
| 3.1.1 Development of the Theory of Affordances | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Classifications of Affordances | 第32-33页 |
| 3.1.3 Characteristics of Affordances | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2 Affordances in Language | 第35-37页 |
| 3.3 The Necessity of Affordance in Metaphor Interpretation | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Affordance in Metaphor Interpretation | 第39-52页 |
| 4.1 Affordance and Intention Ascription | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2 The Working Mechanism of Metaphor Based on Affordance | 第40-42页 |
| 4.3 Interpretation of Metaphors Based on Affordance | 第42-48页 |
| 4.3.1 Syntactic-level Metaphors | 第42-44页 |
| 4.3.2 Interpretation of Conventional or Dead Metaphors Based on Affordance | 第44-47页 |
| 4.3.3 Interpretation of Novel Metaphors Based on Affordance | 第47-48页 |
| 4.4 Characteristics of Affordances and Metaphor Interpretation | 第48-50页 |
| 4.4.1 Metaphor Interpretation Based on Non-compositional Affordances | 第48-49页 |
| 4.4.2 Metaphor Interpretation Based on Autonomous Affordances | 第49页 |
| 4.4.3 Mental Reality of Affordances and Metaphor Interpretation | 第49页 |
| 4.4.4 Ad Hocness of Affordances and Metaphor Interpretation | 第49-50页 |
| 4.5 The Creative Nature of Metaphor and Affordance | 第50-51页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| 5.1 Research Results and Major Findings of the Thesis | 第52-54页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of the Thesis | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| 个人简历 | 第59页 |
| 发表的学术论文 | 第59页 |
