| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| ·Research Background and Motivation | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Objectives | 第16页 |
| ·General Organization of the Research | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Prerequisites | 第17-23页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies | 第17-20页 |
| ·Different Views on Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·The Spatial Terms of Dimension | 第20-22页 |
| ·One Group of Spatial Terms of Dimension-大(big) and 小(small) | 第21页 |
| ·One Group of Spatial Terms of Dimension-长(long) and 短(short) | 第21-22页 |
| ·One Group of Spatial Terms of Dimension-高(high) and 低(low) | 第22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第23-58页 |
| ·Questions of the Research | 第23页 |
| ·Methods of the Research | 第23-28页 |
| ·Methods for Metaphor Identification | 第24-25页 |
| ·Methods for Data Collection | 第25-27页 |
| ·Methods for Data Analysis | 第27-28页 |
| ·Procedures of the Research | 第28-58页 |
| ·Introduction of the Research Procedures | 第28-29页 |
| ·Spatial Terms of Dimensions in Dictionaries | 第29-37页 |
| ·Spatial Terms of Dimensions in Corpuses | 第37-53页 |
| ·The Classification on Extensions of Spatial Terms of Dimension | 第53-58页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussions | 第58-64页 |
| ·The Target Domains of the Spatial Terms of Dimension | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Differences of the Target Domains of the Spatial Terms of Dimension between English and Chinese | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Causes for the Differences | 第60-62页 |
| ·The Different Modes of Thinking | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Different National Experiences | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Similarities of the Target Domains of the Spatial Terms of Dimensions between English and Chinese and the Causes | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第65页 |
| ·Suggestions for Future Research | 第65-68页 |
| References | 第68-70页 |
| Appendix | 第70-94页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第94-95页 |
