| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research objective | 第13-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the research | 第14-15页 |
| ·An overview of the thesis' structure | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-24页 |
| ·Traditional research on metonymy | 第17-21页 |
| ·Traditional research on translation of metonymy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Cognitive Approach to Metonymy | 第24-44页 |
| ·An overview of cognitive linguistics | 第24-26页 |
| ·Study of metonymy from the cognitive perspective | 第26-29页 |
| ·Cognitive features of metonymy | 第29-38页 |
| ·Metonymy being ubiquitous | 第29-30页 |
| ·Metonymy being conceptual | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metonymy being a cognitive process | 第31-32页 |
| ·Cognitive mechanism of metonymy construction | 第32-38页 |
| ·Classification of metonymy | 第38-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Approach to Translation of Metonymy | 第44-72页 |
| ·Study of translation of metonymy from the perspective of cognitive linguistics | 第44-51页 |
| ·Nature of translation | 第44-46页 |
| ·Perspective provided by cognitive linguistics for the study of translation of metonymy | 第46-48页 |
| ·Model of translation of metonymy from the perspective of cognitive linguistics | 第48-51页 |
| ·Strategies for translation of metonymy from the perspective of cognitive linguistics | 第51-68页 |
| ·An overview | 第51-53页 |
| ·Equivalent reproduction of the mapping process | 第53-58页 |
| ·Naturalization of the mapping process | 第58-62页 |
| ·Transfer of the mapping process | 第62-68页 |
| ·Principle of translation of metonymy | 第68-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第72-76页 |
| ·Major findings | 第72-73页 |
| ·Pedagogical implications of the research | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-81页 |
| 攻读学位期间所发表的论文 | 第81页 |
