| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·An old but new question | 第9页 |
| ·The approach and objectives of this paper | 第9-12页 |
| ·The general structure of this paper | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Metaphor | 第13-25页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第14-20页 |
| ·An overview of Cognitive linguistics | 第14-15页 |
| ·An introduction of Cognitive Semantics | 第15-17页 |
| ·Philosophy of cognitive linguistics—experiential realism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Image Schema of cognitive linguistics | 第18-20页 |
| ·Metaphor and Conceptual metaphor | 第20-25页 |
| ·Different approaches to metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第22-23页 |
| ·Classifications of metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Spatial-temporal Metaphor | 第25-39页 |
| ·Space and time | 第25-31页 |
| ·Two basic concepts—space and time | 第25-26页 |
| ·The nature of space and time | 第26-27页 |
| ·Primacy of space over time | 第27-28页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to spatial-temporal metaphor | 第28-31页 |
| ·A brief review of temporal metaphor abroad | 第31-33页 |
| ·Studies of temporal metaphor in Chinese | 第33-35页 |
| ·Current studies of cognitive models in temporal metaphor | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 4 Orientation-Related Temporal Metaphor | 第39-62页 |
| ·Basic characteristics of time | 第39-40页 |
| ·The similarities of time representation between Chinese and English | 第40-49页 |
| ·Factors involved in the classification of cognitive patterns of metaphorical representation of time | 第41-42页 |
| ·Sub-cases of the dynamic future-oriented pattern | 第42-43页 |
| ·Sub-cases of the static past-oriented pattern | 第43-49页 |
| ·Differences of metaphorical representation of time between Chinese and English | 第49-57页 |
| ·Differences in the use of different patterns to refer to time sequence between Chinese and English | 第50-51页 |
| ·A dual nature in the Chinese past-oriented expression—static and dynamic, which is not obvious in the English expressions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Assymetry between past-oriented expressions represented by "qian" and "hou" in Chinese and the same pattern represented by different means in English | 第52-55页 |
| ·Differences in the different ways to refer to the future time between Chinese and English | 第55-56页 |
| ·Differences in the frequency of using time-moving and ego-moving future-oriented pattern in the representation of time | 第56-57页 |
| ·Cultural and philosophical causes for the different cognitive patterns between Chinese and English | 第57-62页 |
| ·Different attitudes towards the importance and value of human being between Chinese and English | 第58-59页 |
| ·Different attitudes towards time between Chinese and English | 第59-60页 |
| ·Different attitudes towards history and future between Chinese and English | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-68页 |
| Database | 第68-69页 |
| Appendix 1 English Database | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix 2 Chinese Database | 第72-75页 |
