| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 The purpose of the research | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the cognitive analysis of “eye”metaphors | 第15页 |
| 1.3 Structure of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| 2.1 Metaphor study in the west | 第17-23页 |
| 2.1.1 Classical view of metaphor in linguistics | 第17-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Cognitive view of metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Conceptual metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2 Metaphor study in China | 第23-25页 |
| 2.2.1 Body metaphor research in China | 第24-25页 |
| 2.3 Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第26-31页 |
| 3.1 Idealized cognitive models (ICMs) | 第26-29页 |
| 3.1.1 Image schema | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.2 Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.3 Metonymy | 第29页 |
| 3.2 Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Methodology | 第31-37页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第31页 |
| 4.2 Research approaches | 第31-32页 |
| 4.2.1 Description and explanation approach | 第31-32页 |
| 4.2.2 Contrastive analyzing approach | 第32页 |
| 4.3 The research procedure | 第32-36页 |
| 4.3.1 Data collection | 第32-33页 |
| 4.3.2 Data classification | 第33页 |
| 4.3.3 Mechanism and characteristics of “eye”metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| 4.3.4 Mapping model and corresponding degree of “eye”metaphor | 第34页 |
| 4.3.5 Data arrangement and analysis | 第34-36页 |
| 4.4 Expected results | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Classification of Semantic Category from Synchronic Corpora of “Eye” | 第37-43页 |
| 5.1 The similar semantic category of “eye”corpora and their classifications | 第37-40页 |
| 5.1.1 The original semantic meaning | 第37页 |
| 5.1.2 The motion of “eye” | 第37-38页 |
| 5.1.3 The meaning of faculty of seeing | 第38页 |
| 5.1.4 The meaning of quantity | 第38-39页 |
| 5.1.5 The meaning of view & vision | 第39页 |
| 5.1.6 The meaning of attension & observation | 第39-40页 |
| 5.1.7 The meaning of small hole & aperture | 第40页 |
| 5.1.8 The meaning of the keypoint & centre | 第40页 |
| 5.2 Diversities of semantic category | 第40-41页 |
| 5.2.1 The meaning of tempo | 第40-41页 |
| 5.2.2 The meaning of trap | 第41页 |
| 5.2.3 The meaning of choice center cut of meat | 第41页 |
| 5.3 Conclusion of the semantic comparison | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 6 Motivation of the Study on Metaphorical Meaning of “Eye” | 第43-65页 |
| 6.1 Eye as an entity | 第43-55页 |
| 6.1.1 Eye has liquid state and gas state | 第43-44页 |
| 6.1.2 Eye has a solid state | 第44-54页 |
| 6.1.3 Eye as human body | 第54-55页 |
| 6.2 Eye has orientations | 第55-57页 |
| 6.2.1 Eye has up-down orientation | 第55-56页 |
| 6.2.2 Eye has front-back orientation | 第56页 |
| 6.2.3 Eye has in-out orientation | 第56-57页 |
| 6.3 Other categorizations of “eye” | 第57-60页 |
| 6.3.1 Metaphorical uses of “animal eyes” | 第57-59页 |
| 6.3.2 Compounds related with eye | 第59-60页 |
| 6.4 Summury | 第60-65页 |
| 6.4.1.A nalysis of “eye”metaphor in two languages | 第60-63页 |
| 6.4.2.D iversity analysis of eye metaphor in two languages | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions | 第65-68页 |
| 7.1 Summary of this thesis | 第65页 |
| 7.2 Contribution and implications of this thesis | 第65-66页 |
| 7.3 Suggestions for further studies | 第66-68页 |
| Reference | 第68-71页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第71页 |
