| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第9-16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Related Concepts to Anaphoric Metonymy | 第10-13页 |
| ·Definition of metonymy | 第10-11页 |
| ·Definition of referential metonymy | 第11-12页 |
| ·Definition of anaphoric metonymy | 第12-13页 |
| ·The distinction between referential metonymy and anaphoric metonymy | 第13页 |
| ·Research Design | 第13-15页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research procedures | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two GENERAL TRENDS OF THE STUDY OF REFERENTIAL METONYMY | 第16-21页 |
| ·Rhetoric Tradition | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Investigation | 第18-19页 |
| ·Pragmatic Investigation | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three STEREOTYPICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN METONYMY | 第21-41页 |
| ·Stereotypical Relationship as a Basis for Communication | 第21-25页 |
| ·The nature of stereotypical relationship | 第21-22页 |
| ·Stereotypical relationship and inference | 第22-24页 |
| ·The category of stereotypical relationship | 第24-25页 |
| ·Two Kinds of Stereotypical Relationship in Anaphoric Metonymy | 第25-38页 |
| ·Stereotypical relationship in referential metonymy | 第26-28页 |
| ·Stereotypical relationship in anaphoric metonymy | 第28-38页 |
| ·Contexts in Anaphoric Metonymy | 第38-41页 |
| ·Linguistic context | 第38页 |
| ·Context as a reflection of stereotypicality | 第38-39页 |
| ·The role of context in anaphoric metonymy | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Four A QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED ANALYSIS | 第41-51页 |
| ·Description of the Questionnaire | 第41-43页 |
| ·Design of the questionnaire | 第41页 |
| ·Objectives of the questionnaire | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data description | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Role of Linguistic Context in the Production of Anaphoric Metonymy | 第43-51页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS | 第51-53页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第51-52页 |
| ·Suggestions | 第52-53页 |
| REFERENCE | 第53-57页 |
| APPENDIX | 第57-60页 |
