| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-26页 |
| ·Purposes for the current research | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research questions | 第16页 |
| ·Theoretical underpinnings | 第16-19页 |
| ·Foucault’s discourse theory | 第16-17页 |
| ·The nature of metaphor in thought | 第17页 |
| ·The theory of conceptual metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Critical Discourse Analysis | 第18-19页 |
| ·Methodology | 第19-20页 |
| ·Rational for functional approach | 第19页 |
| ·Quantitative analysis and qualitative generalization | 第19页 |
| ·The approach of comparative analysis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Data collection | 第20页 |
| ·Significance and value of the current research | 第20-24页 |
| ·Political discourse and political metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Chinese political discourse and the research significance of this dissertation | 第22-24页 |
| ·An outlined plan for this dissertation | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Reviewing the Relevant Literature | 第26-41页 |
| ·Introduction | 第26页 |
| ·Development of the metaphor research | 第26-31页 |
| ·Previous (historical) researches on metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| ·The theory of comparison | 第27页 |
| ·Substitution theory | 第27-28页 |
| ·Interaction theory | 第28-29页 |
| ·Modern study of metaphor in China and abroad | 第29-30页 |
| ·Uses of metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·A review of conceptual metaphor theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Definition of conceptual metaphor | 第31-32页 |
| ·Lakoff’s classification of conceptual metaphors | 第32-33页 |
| ·Features of conceptual metaphors | 第33页 |
| ·The significance of conceptual metaphor theory | 第33页 |
| ·The general review of critical discourse analysis | 第33-37页 |
| ·Previous studies of conceptual metaphors in political discourses | 第37-40页 |
| ·Language and politics | 第37页 |
| ·Metaphor in political discourse | 第37-38页 |
| ·Previous studies of critical discourse analysis in political discourses | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第41-75页 |
| ·Foucault's discourse theory | 第41-43页 |
| ·Lakoff’s Concept Metaphor Theory | 第43-45页 |
| ·Origin and essence | 第43页 |
| ·Important Concepts: source domain, target domain, mapping | 第43-44页 |
| ·Features: universal, cognitive and systematic | 第44-45页 |
| ·Approaches for metaphor identification | 第45-50页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor and linguistic expression | 第45-46页 |
| ·The way of how conceptual metaphor works | 第46-48页 |
| ·The experiential basis of metaphor | 第48-50页 |
| ·The Analysis of Critical Discourse | 第50-74页 |
| ·The origins of the analysis of critical discourse | 第51-54页 |
| ·CDA and social theory | 第54-55页 |
| ·Theory and methodology: Norman Fairclough | 第55-57页 |
| ·The pros and cons of CDA | 第57-59页 |
| ·The potential and limitations of CDA | 第59-60页 |
| ·Ideology | 第60-74页 |
| ·Discourse and power | 第60-62页 |
| ·The terminological muddle of ideologies | 第62-71页 |
| ·Polycentric systems, layered ideologies | 第71-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第75-100页 |
| ·Research questions | 第75页 |
| ·Objects of the research | 第75页 |
| ·Data description | 第75页 |
| ·Data collection | 第75-76页 |
| ·Methods of analysis | 第76-98页 |
| ·The quantitative analysis | 第77-80页 |
| ·The qualitative analysis | 第80-98页 |
| ·The diachronic analysis | 第98页 |
| ·Summary | 第98-100页 |
| Chapter Five Categories of conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第100-116页 |
| ·Introduction | 第100-101页 |
| ·The exploration of different categories of conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第101-113页 |
| ·The conceptual metaphors which are often used in the editorials | 第101-102页 |
| ·The conceptual metaphors which are not often used in the editorials | 第102-113页 |
| ·The motivations of the application of conceptual metaphors in political discourses | 第113-115页 |
| ·Summary | 第115-116页 |
| Chapter Six The Semantic Features of Conceptual Metaphors in the editorials | 第116-119页 |
| ·The semantic features of conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第116-117页 |
| ·The relation between metaphorical features and psychology | 第116页 |
| ·The paramount importance of metaphors in the editorials | 第116-117页 |
| ·The semantic features of conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第117页 |
| ·The choice and the use of metaphors are not arbitrarily changed | 第117页 |
| ·Their possible reasons for the formation and variety of semantic features | 第117-118页 |
| ·Summary | 第118-119页 |
| Chapter Seven Functions of the conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第119-129页 |
| ·Different functions of the conceptual metaphors in the editorials | 第119-128页 |
| ·Function of filter | 第119页 |
| ·Function of persuasion | 第119-123页 |
| ·Function of motivation (encouragement) | 第123-124页 |
| ·The dissemination function | 第124-125页 |
| ·Function of bridge | 第125页 |
| ·Function of euphemism | 第125页 |
| ·Function of evaluation | 第125-126页 |
| ·Function of political identification | 第126-127页 |
| ·Function of deduction | 第127-128页 |
| ·Summary | 第128-129页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusion | 第129-132页 |
| ·Major findings | 第129-130页 |
| ·Contributions of the present research | 第130页 |
| ·Limitations of the present research | 第130-131页 |
| ·Speculations about further research | 第131-132页 |
| Bibliography | 第132-139页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第139页 |
