| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Background of the study | 第8-10页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Layout of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第13-36页 |
| ·Culture and language | 第13-18页 |
| ·Definition of culture | 第13-14页 |
| ·The relationship between culture and language | 第14-15页 |
| ·The cultural factors affecting language | 第15-18页 |
| ·Cultural features of time | 第18-24页 |
| ·The concept of time | 第18页 |
| ·The historical development of measuring and defining time | 第18-20页 |
| ·Perception of time | 第20-24页 |
| ·Overview of conceptual metaphor | 第24-36页 |
| ·Definitions of metaphor | 第24-26页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第26-33页 |
| ·Time conceptual metaphors | 第33-36页 |
| 3 A Study of Time Conceptual Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第36-48页 |
| ·Methodology of the study | 第36页 |
| ·The analysis of time conceptual metaphors | 第36-46页 |
| ·Ontological metaphors of time | 第36-40页 |
| ·Structural metaphors of time | 第40-41页 |
| ·Orientational metaphors of time | 第41-46页 |
| ·Summary | 第46-48页 |
| 4 Contrastive Analysis of Cultural Factors in Chinese and English TimeConceptual Metaphors | 第48-60页 |
| ·Cultural factors for the similarities of Chinese and English time conceptualmetaphors | 第48-54页 |
| ·Human common embodied bodily experience | 第49-51页 |
| ·Common embodied imagination | 第51-54页 |
| ·Cultural factors for the differences of Chinese and English time conceptual metaphors | 第54-58页 |
| ·Different geographical features | 第55页 |
| ·Different region | 第55-56页 |
| ·Different perceptions of time | 第56-58页 |
| ·Cultural blending between China and the West in time conceptual metaphors | 第58-60页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| ·Major findings | 第60-61页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for the future study | 第61-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-65页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第65-68页 |
| 附录1 | 第68-72页 |
