| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ. Spatial Metaphor Based on Cognitive Study | 第12-30页 |
| 1.1 A Brief Introduction to the Study of Cognitive Metaphor | 第12-23页 |
| 1.1.1 General Introduction | 第12-13页 |
| 1.1.2 Richards | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1.3 Black | 第15-18页 |
| 1.1.4 Lakoff | 第18-23页 |
| 1.2 The Significance of Spatial Metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3 The Present Study on Spatial Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| 1.4 The Research Objective | 第27-30页 |
| 1.4.1 The Research on the Original Sense of Preposition | 第27-29页 |
| 1.4.2 Extension of Sense by Spatial Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ. Experiential Grounding of Spatial Metaphor | 第30-44页 |
| 2.1 The Analysis of Experiential Grounding | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Philosophical Grounding | 第31-38页 |
| 2.2.1 The Myth of Objectivism | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.2 The Myth of Subjectivism | 第33-34页 |
| 2.2.3 Experiential Realism | 第34-38页 |
| 2.3 The Significance of Experience | 第38-39页 |
| 2.4 The Source of Experience | 第39-40页 |
| 2.5 Varieties of Experience and Their Relationship | 第40-42页 |
| 2.6 Summary | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ. Spatial Metaphor is a Kind of Image Schema Metaphor | 第44-54页 |
| 3.1 General Delineation of Image Schema | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2 The Distinction between Image and Image Schema | 第46-48页 |
| 3.3 The Features and Function of Image Schema | 第48-51页 |
| 3.4 The Constitution of Image Schema of Spatial Metaphor | 第51-52页 |
| 3.5 The Generative Process of Spatial Metaphor Thought | 第52-53页 |
| 3.6 Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ. Preposition | 第54-86页 |
| 4.1 The Classification of Preposition | 第54-55页 |
| 4.2 The General Character of Spatial Image Schemas of Prepositions | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3 The Extension of Spatial Senses | 第57-63页 |
| 4.4 The Detailed Analysis of Some Particular Examples | 第63-84页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第84-86页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ. Conclusion: | 第86-89页 |
| 5.1 Concluding Remarks | 第86-88页 |
| 5.1.1 The Significance in English Teaching | 第87-88页 |
| 5.1.2 The Significance in Lexicography | 第88页 |
| 5.2 Unsolved Problems and Further Studies | 第88-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-91页 |