| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chaptcr Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第13-30页 |
| ·A Diachronical View of Metaphorical Studies | 第13-22页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Study of Metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Intcraction Theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Cognitive Approach to Mctaphor | 第16-22页 |
| ·The Intcrnal Structure of Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Philosophical Grounding of Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Reason for Adopting a Cognitive Approach to Metaphor in the Present Study | 第22-23页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第23-28页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphor and Image Schema | 第23-28页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor and Spatial Metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第25-28页 |
| ·Contemporary Study on Spatial.Metaphor | 第28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Research Methodology | 第30-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Corpus Linguistics | 第31-36页 |
| ·Corpus and Corpus Linguistics | 第31-35页 |
| ·The Use of BNC | 第35-36页 |
| ·Data Collection and Classification | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Analysis and Discussion | 第40-58页 |
| ·Over as a Spatial Word | 第40-47页 |
| ·Relative Vertical Position | 第40-42页 |
| ·Pervasive Meaning | 第42-44页 |
| ·Arc Passage | 第44-45页 |
| ·End of Path | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Dimensions of Metaphorical Extensions of Over | 第47-58页 |
| ·The Domain of Power and Society | 第48-51页 |
| ·The Target of Social Activities is OVER | 第48-50页 |
| ·To Make Something Clear or Understood is OVER | 第50-51页 |
| ·The Acquisition of Power and Influence is OVER | 第51页 |
| ·The Domain of Time | 第51-52页 |
| ·The Domain of Quantity | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Domain of Status | 第53-56页 |
| ·State of Coverage is OVER | 第53-54页 |
| ·Completion of an Action is OVER | 第54-55页 |
| ·The End of an Event is OVER | 第55页 |
| ·Victory is OVER | 第55-56页 |
| ·The Domain of Emotion and Sense | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第58-61页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第58-59页 |
| ·Significance and Implications of the Present Study | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix Samples of Tagged Corpus Data for the Study | 第63-65页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第65页 |
