| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Theoretical Motivation for the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-25页 |
| ·Studies of Metaphor | 第15-20页 |
| ·Different Approaches to Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第18-20页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Studies of Time-As-Space Metaphor | 第20-25页 |
| ·Relationship Between Time and Space | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Time-As-Space Metaphor | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Comparative Analysis of Time-As-Space Metaphors in English and Chinese from the Perspective of Image Schema | 第25-47页 |
| ·Horizontal Level: Front-Back Schema | 第27-39页 |
| ·Time-Reference-Point Metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| ·Ego-Reference-Point Metaphor | 第32-37页 |
| ·Time-Moving Metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| ·Ego-Moving Metaphor | 第34-37页 |
| ·A Special Case: Time and Observer Moving in the Same Direction | 第37-39页 |
| ·Vertical Level: Up-Down Schema | 第39-44页 |
| ·Time-Moving Metaphor | 第39-42页 |
| ·Ego-Moving Metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| ·In-Out Schema | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter 4 Reasons for the Similarities and Differences of Time-As-Space Metaphors Between English and Chinese | 第47-53页 |
| ·Reasons for the Similarities | 第48-50页 |
| ·Common Embodied Experience | 第48-49页 |
| ·Common Embodied Imaginative Thought | 第49-50页 |
| ·Reasons for the Differences | 第50-53页 |
| ·Different Ways of Spatial-Temporal Thinking | 第51页 |
| ·Different Cultural Models | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第53-55页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Studies | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第60页 |
