封面
声明
目录
英文摘要
中文摘要
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Objectives and Significance of This Study
1.2 Some Notions of Public Service Advertisement
1.3 Some Notions of Novel Metaphor
1.4 Research Methodology
1.5 Layout of This Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Previous Studies of Metaphor
2.2 Previous Studies of Metaphor in Advertisements
2.3 Previous Studies in PSA
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Relevance and Optimal Relevance
3.2 Cognitive Environment and Mutual Manifest
3.3 Ostensive-Inferential Communication
3.4 Explicature and Implicature
3.5 A Supplement Theory:Conceptual Blending Theory
Chapter Four Understanding Novel Metaphors in the PSA
4.1 Ostensive-Inferential Processes to Understand the Novel Metaphor in PSA
4.2 Identification of exlicatures
4.3 Construction of Contextual Assumptions to Understand Novel Metaphor in PSA
4.4 Constructing of Implicature to Understand the Novel Metaphor in PSA
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications of the Study
5.3 Limitations of the Study
5.4 Suggestions for Future Research
参考文献
Appendix 1: samples of PSA
Appendix 2: other 60 samples
致谢
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