| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives and methods of the research | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Layout of the research | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two An overview of previous studies | 第14-22页 |
| ·Cognitive study of metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Fear metaphor in conceptualization | 第15-17页 |
| ·Study of fear mataphor in English and Chinese | 第17-20页 |
| ·Study of fear metaphor in English | 第17-19页 |
| ·Study of fear metaphor in Chinese | 第19-20页 |
| ·Summary | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three A Comparison of PCM for fear between Chinese and English | 第22-29页 |
| ·PCM for fear in Chinese | 第22-24页 |
| ·PCM for fear in English | 第24-27页 |
| ·A Comparison | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Four Similarities and differences of Fear Metaphors between English and Chinese | 第29-43页 |
| ·Similarities of fear metaphors between English and Chinese | 第29-36页 |
| ·Fear metaphors in ontological similarities | 第29-33页 |
| ·Fear metaphors in conceptual similarities | 第33-36页 |
| ·Differences of fear metaphors between English and Chinese | 第36-43页 |
| ·Fear metaphors only in English | 第36-40页 |
| ·Fear metaphors only in Chinese | 第40-41页 |
| ·Contrasting fear metaphors in English and Chinese | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第43-45页 |
| References | 第45-48页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Sources of data | 第48-50页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Conceptual metaphors of fear | 第50-54页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Fear expressions for further analysis | 第54页 |
