| Abstract (English) | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Two Language Cognition and Metaphor | 第11-26页 |
| ·The Relationship between Language and Thought | 第11-12页 |
| ·Metaphor and Language | 第12-14页 |
| ·Constructivism and Nonconstructivism | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definitions of metaphor Given by Dictionaries | 第13-14页 |
| ·Classical Viewon Metaphor | 第14-16页 |
| ·Metaphor in Modern Metaphorical Theories | 第16-18页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Contrast on the Nature of Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Three Time and Culture | 第26-30页 |
| ·The concept of Time | 第26-27页 |
| ·Time in Philosophy | 第27页 |
| ·Time and Culture | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Experience and Perception of Time | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four A Case Study of the Conceptual Metaphor of Time | 第30-49页 |
| ·Subject Matter Selection | 第30-31页 |
| ·Methodology | 第31-32页 |
| ·Some Principle Conceptual Metaphors of Time | 第32-49页 |
| ·TIME IS MOVING OBJECT | 第32-37页 |
| ·TIME IS SPACE | 第37-39页 |
| ·TIME IS VALUABLE THING | 第39-41页 |
| ·TIME IS RESOURCE | 第41-43页 |
| ·TIME IS CHANGER | 第43-44页 |
| ·TIME IS CONTAINER | 第44-45页 |
| ·TIME IS PERSON | 第45-47页 |
| ·TIME IS A ROAD WE TRAVEL DOWN | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion and Conclusion | 第49-58页 |
| ·Mappings in Conventional Metaphors of Time | 第49-50页 |
| ·The Universality of Metaphorical Cognition of Time | 第50-52页 |
| ·Conventional Metaphor and Novel Metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·An Account of the Conceptual Metaphors of Time | 第53-54页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors of Time with Unique Chinese Features | 第54-56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations | 第57-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-59页 |
