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 References