| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第1-16页 |
| 1．1 A Survey of Metaphor Research | 第6-13页 |
| 1．1．1 Metaphors as Linguistic Entities | 第6-11页 |
| 1．1．1．1 Structure of Metaphor | 第6-7页 |
| 1．1．1．2 Definition of Metaphor | 第7-8页 |
| 1．1．1．3 Recognition of Metaphor | 第8-9页 |
| 1．1．1．4 Interpretation of Metaphor | 第9-11页 |
| 1．1．2 Metaphor as a Cognitive Mechanism | 第11-12页 |
| 1．1．3 The Categorical Aspect of Metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2 Objectives and Organization of This Dissertation | 第13-16页 |
| CHAPTER TWO GENERAL THEORIES ON CATEGORIZATION | 第16-25页 |
| 2．1 Category and Categorization | 第16页 |
| 2．2 Philosophical Debates over Categories | 第16-19页 |
| 2．3 Psychological Theories on Categorization | 第19-23页 |
| 2．3．1 The Classical View of Categorization | 第19-20页 |
| 2．3．2 The Probabilistic View of Categorization | 第20-21页 |
| 2．3．3 The Exemplar View of Categorization | 第21-22页 |
| 2．3．4 The Theories View of Categorization | 第22-23页 |
| 2．4 Categorization and Language | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE CONCEPTUAL BASE VIEW OF CATEGROZATION | 第25-37页 |
| 3．1 The Derivation of the Conceptual of Categorization | 第25-30页 |
| 3．1．1 Research on Proverb | 第25-27页 |
| 3．1．2 Research on Metaphor | 第27-30页 |
| 3．2 CBVC versus General Theories on Categorization | 第30-32页 |
| 3．3 CBVC and Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-37页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METAPHORICAL COGNITION AND CBVC | 第37-59页 |
| 4．1 Interaction Between Categories | 第37-53页 |
| 4．1．1 Interaction as Multiple Participation | 第37-39页 |
| 4．1．2 Interaction as Provision of Perspective | 第39-41页 |
| 4．1．3 Interaction as Creation of Similarity | 第41-44页 |
| 4．1．4 Interaction as Change of Representation | 第44-50页 |
| 4．1．5 Interaction as Creation of New Categories | 第50-53页 |
| 4．2 The Interaction Theory of Metaphor and CBVC | 第53-59页 |
| 4．2．1 Conceptual Basis | 第53-56页 |
| 4．2．2 Experiential Basis | 第56-57页 |
| 4．2．3 Reorganization of Categories | 第57-59页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE METAPHORICAL CATEGORIZATION IN CHINESEM | 第59-72页 |
| 5．1 Conceptual Basis for Metaphorical Categorization in Chinese | 第59-69页 |
| 5．1．1 Orientational Metaphors in Chinese | 第59-64页 |
| 5．1．1．1 Metaphorical Extension of Orientational Concepts | 第60-62页 |
| 5．1．1．2 Metaphorical Extension of Space-Measuring Concepts | 第62页 |
| 5．1．1．3 Metaphorical Extension of Position-Related Concepts | 第62-64页 |
| 5．1．2． Ontological Metaphor in Chinese | 第64-66页 |
| 5．1．2．1 Reference to Human Beings | 第64-65页 |
| 5．1．2．2 Reference to Nature | 第65-66页 |
| 5．1．2．3 Reference to Artifacts | 第66页 |
| 5．1．3 Structural Metaphor in Chinese | 第66-69页 |
| 5．2 Experiential Basis for Metaphorical Categorization in Chinse | 第69-72页 |
| 5．2．1 Experiential Basis | 第69页 |
| 5．2．2 Universality and Particularity of Metaphorical Categorization: a Comparison Between English and Chinese | 第69-72页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第72-74页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第74-78页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第78-80页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第80-81页 |
