| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第6-10页 |
| ·What is metaphor | 第6-7页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第7-8页 |
| ·Significance of the cognitive analysis of "hand" metaphors | 第8页 |
| ·Methodology and corpora | 第8页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第10-17页 |
| ·Some views on Rhetorical-poetic metaphor | 第10-11页 |
| ·Some views on its transitional & developing stage | 第11页 |
| ·Some views on poetic-linguistic metaphor | 第11-12页 |
| ·Some views on linguistic philosophical-anthropological metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Some views in the metaphorical multidisciplinary studies period | 第13-15页 |
| ·Summary | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第17-23页 |
| ·Idealized cognitive models (ICMs) | 第17-21页 |
| ·Image schema | 第18-19页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive resemblance principle | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 4 Classification of Semantic Category-Corpora of Hand | 第23-31页 |
| ·Similarities of semantic category of "hand" corpora | 第23-28页 |
| ·The original semantic meaning | 第23页 |
| ·The motion of hand | 第23-24页 |
| ·The meaning of quantity | 第24-25页 |
| ·The meaning of power and control | 第25页 |
| ·The meaning of "aspect & side" | 第25-26页 |
| ·The meaning of number | 第26页 |
| ·The meaning of "manual worker / member of a ship crew" | 第26-27页 |
| ·The meaning of skill, tactics, means and etc | 第27-28页 |
| ·The meaning of handwriting | 第28页 |
| ·Varieties of Semantic category of "hand" corpora | 第28页 |
| ·Conclusion of the semantic comparison | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter 5 Motivation of the Study on Metaphorical Meaning of Hand | 第31-67页 |
| ·Hand as an entity | 第31-48页 |
| ·Hand has liquid state and gas state | 第31-32页 |
| ·Hand has solid state | 第32-48页 |
| ·Hand as a movable object | 第33-36页 |
| ·Hand has speed | 第36-37页 |
| ·Hand has appearance | 第37-40页 |
| ·Hand has size | 第37页 |
| ·Hand has length | 第37-38页 |
| ·Hand has width | 第38页 |
| ·Hand has height | 第38-40页 |
| ·Hand has properties | 第40-42页 |
| ·Hand has hardness | 第40页 |
| ·Hand has newness | 第40页 |
| ·Hand has goodness | 第40-41页 |
| ·Hand has rawness | 第41页 |
| ·Hand has tightness | 第41-42页 |
| ·Hand has weight | 第42页 |
| ·Hand has features | 第42-45页 |
| ·Hand has color | 第42-43页 |
| ·Hand has quantities | 第43-45页 |
| ·Hand has value | 第45-46页 |
| ·Hand has human body | 第46-48页 |
| ·Hand as orientations | 第48-52页 |
| ·Hand has up-down orientation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Hand has right-left orientation | 第50-51页 |
| ·Hand has front-back orientation | 第51页 |
| ·Hand has center-periphery orientation | 第51-52页 |
| ·Hand as container | 第52-55页 |
| ·Hand has content | 第52页 |
| ·Hand out of a container | 第52-53页 |
| ·Hand in a container | 第53-55页 |
| ·Other categorizations of hand | 第55-58页 |
| ·"Hand" serves as devices for hand | 第55-56页 |
| ·Tools used by "hand" ...50 | 第55-56页 |
| ·Things made by "hand" | 第56页 |
| ·Things served for "hand" | 第56页 |
| ·Hand as an approach | 第56-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-67页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| ·Summary of the thesis | 第67-68页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-75页 |
| 摘要 | 第75-80页 |
| Abstract | 第80-87页 |
| Publications | 第87页 |
