| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1. General Introduction | 第11-21页 |
| ·Brief introduction to face art | 第11-13页 |
| ·Sign, metaphor and face art | 第13-18页 |
| ·What is a sign? | 第13-15页 |
| ·Face art as a visual sign system, or a visual language | 第15-17页 |
| ·Sign, metaphor and face art | 第17-18页 |
| ·Purposes of this research | 第18-19页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter 2. Literature Review of Metaphor Studies | 第21-35页 |
| ·Evolution of metaphor theories in the west | 第21-23页 |
| ·Lakoff and Johnson: Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第23-29页 |
| ·Source domain and target domain | 第25-26页 |
| ·Mapping | 第26-27页 |
| ·Embodied experience | 第27-28页 |
| ·Image schema | 第28页 |
| ·Highlighting and hiding | 第28-29页 |
| ·Fauconnier and Turner: Conceptual Blending Theory | 第29-31页 |
| ·The network model | 第30-31页 |
| ·Emergent structure | 第31页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson: Relevance Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·Two principles of relevance | 第32-33页 |
| ·Two models of communication | 第33页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3. Signs and Metaphors in Face Art | 第35-76页 |
| ·Color metaphors in face art | 第36-57页 |
| ·Red in Peking Opera facial paintings | 第42-46页 |
| ·Red in Halloween facial paintings | 第46-48页 |
| ·White in Peking Opera facial paintings | 第48-50页 |
| ·White in Halloween facial paintings | 第50-52页 |
| ·Black in Paking Opera facial paintings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Black in Halloween facial paintings | 第53-55页 |
| ·Other color metaphors in Peking Opera and Halloween facial paintings | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57页 |
| ·Shape metaphors in face art | 第57-65页 |
| ·Eyebrow shape in Peking Opera facial paintings | 第58-62页 |
| ·Eye shape in Peking Opera facial paintings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Mouth shape in Peking Opera facial paintings | 第63-65页 |
| ·Three kinds of visual metaphors in face art | 第65-72页 |
| ·Symbolic metaphors in face art | 第66页 |
| ·Iconic metaphors in face art | 第66-68页 |
| ·Indexical metaphors in face art | 第68-72页 |
| ·The combination of three phases of signification in the metaphorical construction of face art | 第72-74页 |
| ·Summary of the chapter | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter 4. Face Art in Cross-Cultural Communication | 第76-82页 |
| ·Cultural values of face art | 第76-79页 |
| ·Face art in cross-cultural communication from the perspective of Relevance Theory | 第79-82页 |
| Chapter 5. Conclusions and Limitations | 第82-85页 |
| ·Major findings | 第82-83页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions | 第83-85页 |
| Bibliography | 第85-89页 |
