《英汉语通感隐喻对比研究》从通感隐喻角度对人类认知方式的共性和个性做出了进一步的探索。通过对英语和汉语诗歌中的通感隐喻进行大规模的搜集整理和对比分析，探究英汉语通感隐喻源域和目的域之间的搭配关系和迁移方向，发掘出英汉语通感认知模式的共有规律及各自特点，并据此深入剖析通感现象的普遍认知机制，以及通感文化个性的美学和哲学根源。《英汉语通感隐喻对比研究》研究的具体问题包括：(1)英汉语通感隐喻的认知共性；(2)英汉语通感隐喻的文化个性；(3)通感现象的认知机制和认识论启示；(4)英汉民族不同的美学思想和哲学传统对通感认知模式的具体影响。本书由王宇弘著。

List of TablesList of FiguresAbbreviationsChapter I Introduction 1.1 Terminology 1.2 Motivation of the Research 1.3 Objectives of the Research 1.4 Layout of the BookChapter 2 Literature Review of Relevant Research 2.1 Synaesthesia and Literature 2.1.1 Synaesthesia in Western Literature 2.1.2 Synacsthesia in Chinese Literature 2.2 Synaesthesia and Linguistics 2.2.1 Synaesthesia and Rhetoric 2.2.2 Synacsthesia and Semantics 2.2.3 Comparative and Contrastive Studies of Synaesthesia 2.3 Synaesthesia, Psychology, and Cognition 2.3.1 Synaesthesia and Psychology 2.3.2 Synaesthesia and Cognitive Theories 2.4 SummaryChapter 3 Theoretical Framework of the Study 3.1 Historical Perspectives of the Relationship between Conception and Perception 3.1.1 Two Basic Orientations Concerning the Origin ofKnowledge--Rationalism and Empiricism 3.1.2 The Prelude of Rationalism and Empiricism in thePre-Socrates Stage 3.1.3 The Formation of Rational