| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of Present Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Corpus and Data Collection | 第15-16页 |
| ·Content of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies Made on Prepositions Abroad | 第17-20页 |
| ·Previous Studies Made on Prepositions at Home | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies Made on Through | 第22-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-38页 |
| ·Image Schema Theory | 第27-33页 |
| ·Philosophical Basis of Image Schema | 第27-28页 |
| ·Definition of Image Schema | 第28-29页 |
| ·Functions of Image Schema | 第29-30页 |
| ·Internal Structure of Image Schema | 第30页 |
| ·Categorization of Image Schema | 第30-32页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metaphor Theory | 第33-38页 |
| ·Traditional Views On Metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·Internal Structure of Metaphor: Metaphor as a Mapping Across Domains | 第35-36页 |
| ·Domain | 第36-37页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Through | 第38-76页 |
| ·Prototypical Meaning of Through | 第38-41页 |
| ·Spatial Meaning of Through | 第41-52页 |
| ·Image Schema of Through | 第42-45页 |
| ·Static and Dynamic Spatial Meanings | 第45-52页 |
| ·Static Spatial Meanings | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dynamic Spatial Meanings | 第46-52页 |
| ·Traversing Meaning | 第47-48页 |
| ·Internal Moving Meaning | 第48-50页 |
| ·Diffusion Meaning | 第50-52页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extensions of Through | 第52-75页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Temporal Domain | 第53-58页 |
| ·Passing-of-time Meaning | 第54-56页 |
| ·Passing-of-life Meaning | 第56-57页 |
| ·Duration-of-time Meaning | 第57-58页 |
| ·A-period-of-specific-time Meaning | 第58页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Domain of Event | 第58-62页 |
| ·Completion Meaning | 第59-60页 |
| ·Duration-of-action Meaning | 第60-62页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Emotional Domain | 第62-64页 |
| ·Conquering-negative-emotion Meaning | 第62-63页 |
| ·Human-experience Meaning | 第63-64页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Domain of Manner | 第64-67页 |
| ·By-the-means-of Meaning | 第64-65页 |
| ·Intermediary Meaning | 第65-67页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Domain of Cause and Reason | 第67-69页 |
| ·Cause Meaning | 第67-68页 |
| ·Motivation Meaning | 第68-69页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Domain of Circumstance | 第69-70页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Sensory Domain | 第70-73页 |
| ·From Spatial Domain to Domain of Quantity | 第73-75页 |
| ·Summary | 第75-76页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第76-77页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第77-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-83页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第83-88页 |
