戴理敏所著的《轉喻在新聞語篇中的組織功能》對真實語料進行分析，將轉喻在詞彙及句法層面的研究延伸到語篇層面，結合功能語言學與認知語言學的研究方法，擴展了研究領域。本研究從轉喻角度建立了一個較為綜合全面的分析框架對新聞語篇進行分析，不僅對新聞語篇分析具有重要意義，對書面語篇分析也有重要貢獻。本研究之成果不僅可以彌補以往研究的不足，而且可以在對揭露語言奧秘感興趣的語言研究者及學者中引起討論。總之，研究轉喻在新聞語篇中的組織功能無論在理論層面還是在實際應用層面都具有意義。

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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