戴理敏所著的《转喻在新闻语篇中的组织功能》对真实语料进行分析，将转喻在词汇及句法层面的研究延伸到语篇层面，结合功能语言学与认知语言学的研究方法，扩展了研究领域。本研究从转喻角度建立了一个较为综合全面的分析框架对新闻语篇进行分析，不仅对新闻语篇分析具有重要意义，对书面语篇分析也有重要贡献。本研究之成果不仅可以弥补以往研究的不足，而且可以在对揭露语言奥秘感兴趣的语言研究者及学者中引起讨论。总之，研究转喻在新闻语篇中的组织功能无论在理论层面还是在实际应用层面都具有意义。

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Research Background

 1.2 Rationales for the Study

 1.3 Research Objectives

 1.4 Significance of the Study

 1.5 Organization of the Study

Chapter 2 Literature Review

 2.1 An Overview of the Cognitive and Functional Approaches to Text Studies

 2.2 Studies on News Text Organization

 2.3 Metonymy in Text Studies

Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework

 3.1 Theoretical Foundations

 3.2 A Form-Concept Model of Metonymy

 3.3 Theoretical Framework of the Study

Chapter 4 Methodology

 4.1 Data Sources

 4.2 Data Collection

 4.3 Analytical Procedures

Chapter 5 Cohesive Functions of Metonymy

 5.1 Functions of Metonymy in Lexical Cohesion

 5.2 Functions of Metonymy in Grammatical Cohesion

Chapter 6 Whole-Part Metonymy in News Text Organization

 6.1 The Contiguity Principle underlying Whole-Part Metonymy

 6.2 Experiential Functions of Whole-Part Metonymy

 6.3 Whole-Part Pattern of News Text Organization

Chapter 7 Cause-Effect Metonymy in News Text Organization

 7.1 The Causality Principle underlying Cause-Effect Metonymy

 7.2 Experiential Functions of Cause-Effect Metonymy

 7.3 Cause-Effect Pattern of News Text Organization

Chapter 8 Metonymic Organization of News Schemata

 8.1 News Schemata

 8.2 Metonymic Organization of Summary

 8.3 Metonymic Organization of News Story

Chapter 9 Conclnsion

 9.1 Major Findings

 9.2 Implications

 9.3 Limitations

 9.4 Suggestions for Future Study

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