| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Background Information | 第12-14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Methods and Corpora in the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies Abroad | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Research Period(from 300 B.C.—1930s) | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Semantic Research Period(form 1930s—early 1970) | 第18-20页 |
| ·The Multi-disciplined Research Period(from 1970s till now) | 第20-21页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies at Home | 第21-23页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Human Body Metaphors | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Basis of the study | 第27-41页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor and Metaphorical Expressions | 第29-30页 |
| ·Classifications of Conceptual Metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| ·Experientialisms:the Philosophy Basis of Metaphor | 第32-33页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第33-36页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Metaphor:Cross-Domain Mapping | 第36-39页 |
| ·Metaphor and Culture | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Cognitive Analysis of Human Body Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第41-67页 |
| ·Mapping from Human Body Domain to Non-body Domain | 第42-55页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Concrete Non-body Domain | 第42-47页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Abstract Non-body Domain | 第47-55页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Address Domain | 第48-50页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Description Domain | 第50-51页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Emotion Domain | 第51-53页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Action Domain | 第53-54页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Language Concept Domain | 第54页 |
| ·Mapping from Body Domain to Relationship Domain | 第54-55页 |
| ·Mapping from Non-body Domain to Human Body Domain | 第55-63页 |
| ·Mapping from Space Domain to Body Domain | 第56-57页 |
| ·Mapping from Color Domain to Body Domain | 第57-60页 |
| ·Mapping from Animal Domain to Body Domain | 第60-62页 |
| ·Mapping from other Non-body Domains to Body parts Domain | 第62-63页 |
| ·Mappings Between Two Different Parts of Human Body | 第63-64页 |
| ·Summary of Similarities and Differences in the Two Languages | 第64-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Causes for Similarities and Differences Between English and Chinese BodyMetaphors | 第67-74页 |
| ·Causes for Similarities | 第67-69页 |
| ·Causes for Differences | 第69-74页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| ·Summary of the Whole Study | 第74-76页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第76页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第76-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82-83页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第83页 |
