| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract(English) | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract(Chinese) | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Definition of synaesthesia | 第11-13页 |
| ·Reasons for choosing synaesthesia as the topic of the paper | 第13-14页 |
| ·Key research questions | 第14页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第14-15页 |
| ·Objective and significance | 第15页 |
| ·Methodology and source of data | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review:A Survey of Studies on Synaesthetic Metaphors | 第17-22页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Studies from rhetorical perspective | 第17-18页 |
| ·Studies from aesthetic perspective | 第18-19页 |
| ·Studies from cognitive perspective | 第19-21页 |
| ·Studies at home | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies abroad | 第20-21页 |
| ·Comments on the previous studies of synaesthetic metaphors | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Classification of Synaesthetic Metaphors | 第22-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Reasons for extracting linguistic data from classical Chinese poetry | 第22-23页 |
| ·Bases of classification | 第23-27页 |
| ·Sensory-ranking study of synaesthetic metaphors | 第23-27页 |
| ·Traditional classification of sense modality | 第27页 |
| ·Classification of synaesthetic metaphors | 第27-41页 |
| ·Single synaesthetic metaphor | 第28-37页 |
| ·touch→sound,sight,taste,and smell | 第28-30页 |
| ·taste→sound,sight,smell,and touch | 第30-32页 |
| ·smell→sight,sound,taste,and touch | 第32-34页 |
| ·sight→sound,smell,taste,and touch | 第34-36页 |
| ·sound→sight,smell | 第36-37页 |
| ·Composite synaesthetic metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Another sense modality—emotions | 第38-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Four Conceptual Blending Theory and the Synaesthesia-based Network Model | 第43-61页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·An illustration of the network model of conceptual blending | 第44-49页 |
| ·The synaesthesia-based network model | 第49-59页 |
| ·Analysis of synaesthesia within the network model above | 第50-53页 |
| ·The synaesthesia-based network model | 第53-59页 |
| ·Summary | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Five Cognitive Interpretation of Synaesthesia within the Synaesthesia-based Network Model:Case Studies | 第61-70页 |
| ·Introduction | 第61页 |
| ·Case of single synaesthetic metaphor | 第61-63页 |
| ·Case of composite synaesthetic metaphor | 第63-66页 |
| ·Case of synaesthetic transfer involving emotions | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第70-73页 |
| ·Concluding remarks | 第70-71页 |
| ·Main findings of the paper | 第71-72页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第72-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-76页 |
