| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Brief History of Study on Metaphor in the West and in China | 第12-17页 |
| ·Brief History of Study on Metaphor in the West | 第12-15页 |
| ·Brief History of Study on Metaphor in China | 第15-17页 |
| ·Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Structure of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics | 第17-20页 |
| ·Image schema | 第20-21页 |
| ·Studies on Emotion Metaphors | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Three Data Collection | 第25-29页 |
| ·Criteria of Identifying a Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·British National Corpus and Center for Chinese Linguistics | 第27-28页 |
| ·Metaphor Selection from British National Corpus and Center for Chinese Linguistics | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter Four Fear Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第29-42页 |
| ·Fear is an Opponent in a Struggle | 第30-33页 |
| ·Fear is a Fluid in a Container | 第33-35页 |
| ·Fear is a Substance with Color,Smell, Taste, Sound or Heat | 第35-36页 |
| ·Fear is a Living Organism | 第36-37页 |
| ·Fear is a Natural Force | 第37-38页 |
| ·Fear is a Ghost | 第38-39页 |
| ·Fear is an Illness | 第39页 |
| ·Fear is a Burden | 第39-40页 |
| ·Fear is a Weapon | 第40页 |
| ·Fear is Darkness | 第40-41页 |
| ·Fear is a Restraint | 第41页 |
| ·Fear is Some Other Substance | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Five Comparison of English and Chinese Fear Metaphors | 第42-47页 |
| ·The Similarities between English and Chinese Fear Metaphors | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Differences between English and Chinese Fear Metaphors | 第43-47页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-52页 |
| Publications | 第52-53页 |
| Appendix I Fear Metaphors in the BNC Corpus | 第53-81页 |
| Appendix II Fear Metaphors in the Modern Part of CCL Corpus | 第81-86页 |
