| Abstract | 第2页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第5-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| 1.1 Research target and orientation | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Structure of the thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature review | 第13-19页 |
| 2.1 Research experiences of predecessors | 第13-15页 |
| 2.2 Introduction of the spatial category theory | 第15页 |
| 2.3 Introduction of the mapping principle | 第15-16页 |
| 2.4 Using corpus as a methodology | 第16-19页 |
| 2.4.1 Introduction of Metalude | 第17-18页 |
| 2.4.2 Introduction of CCLPKU | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Three Analysis of the space concept in Chinese and English | 第19-27页 |
| 3.1 Emergence and development of the space concept in our country | 第19-23页 |
| 3.1.1 Where does human beings' space concept come from? | 第19页 |
| 3.1.2 Does the universe have bounds ? | 第19-22页 |
| 3.1.3 The universe is the unity of space and time | 第22页 |
| 3.1.4 Evolution of the universe's space-time structure | 第22-23页 |
| 3.2 Emergence and development of the space concept in English-speakingcountries | 第23-26页 |
| 3.2.1 Space concept of natural philosophy | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2.2 Space concept of natural science | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.3 Space concept of social philosophy | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four Comprehensive analysis of orientational metaphors between Chinese and English | 第27-33页 |
| 4.1 Analysis of orientational metaphors in China | 第27-28页 |
| 4.1.1 Researches of nouns of locality in lexical level | 第27-28页 |
| 4.1.2 Researches of nouns of locality in grammatical level | 第28页 |
| 4.2 Analysis of orientational metaphors in English-speaking countries | 第28-33页 |
| 4.2.1 Analysis of the two parts of metaphors | 第28-29页 |
| 4.2.2 Analysis of the causation of metaphors | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2.3 Orientational metaphors of English | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Five A corpus-based comparative study of UP/上-DOWN/下metaphorsbetween Chinese and English | 第33-53页 |
| 5.1 Analysis of UP/上-DOWN/下metaphors with the spatial category theory | 第33-41页 |
| 5.1.1 Overview of the spatial category theory | 第33-38页 |
| 5.1.2 Cognitive explanation of asymmetry in orientational metaphors | 第38-40页 |
| 5.1.3 Symmetry and asymmetry of"up" and "down" metaphors | 第40-41页 |
| 5.2 Analysis of UP/上-DOWN/下metaphors with the mapping principle | 第41-43页 |
| 5.2.1 Overview of the mapping principle | 第41页 |
| 5.2.2 A brief explanation of UP/上-DOWN/下metaphors with the mappingprinciple | 第41-43页 |
| 5.3 A corpus-based comparative study of UP/上-DOWN/下 metaphors betweenChinese and English | 第43-53页 |
| 5.3.1 UP/上-DOWN/下 metaphors referring to STATE | 第43-46页 |
| 5.3.2 UP/上-DOWN/下 metaphors referring to QUANTITY | 第46-48页 |
| 5.3.3 UP/上-DOWN/下 metaphors referring to TIME | 第48-50页 |
| 5.3.4 UP/上-DOWN/下 metaphors referring to SOCIAL HIERARCHY | 第50-51页 |
| 5.3.5 Experimental results | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| References | 第55-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59-61页 |
| 个人简历 | 第61-65页 |
