| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Motivation of the thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Aim of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Methodology,organization and data collection of the thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Modern cognitive theories of metaphor | 第17-32页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Cognitive functions of metaphor | 第19-23页 |
| ·An important means of understanding the world | 第20-21页 |
| ·An essential way of conceptualizing experience | 第21-22页 |
| ·A cognitive tool in creating new meaning | 第22-23页 |
| ·Working mechanism of conceptual metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·Classification of conceptual metaphor | 第25-32页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| ·Entity metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Container metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Personification | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Three Plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第32-62页 |
| ·Cognition of plant metaphorization | 第32-36页 |
| ·Working mechanism of plant metaphor | 第33-34页 |
| ·Prerequisites of plant metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·Same ground for plant's appearance or growing habit | 第35页 |
| ·Distinctive features of a plant | 第35-36页 |
| ·Similarities between two domains | 第36页 |
| ·Mapping models | 第36-58页 |
| ·Nominal plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第36-54页 |
| ·A PLANT IS A HUMAN BEING metaphor(from plant domain to human domain) | 第36-45页 |
| ·Domain of physical characteristics and appearances | 第37-39页 |
| ·Domain of a species of people | 第39-42页 |
| ·Domain of characters and moralities | 第42-44页 |
| ·Domain of people's names | 第44-45页 |
| ·A PLANT IS(A)GOD metaphor(from plant domain to divine figure domain) | 第45-46页 |
| ·A PLANT IS A THING metaphor(from plant domain to non-human domain) | 第46-54页 |
| ·Domain of concrete things | 第46-50页 |
| ·Domain of objects similar in shape,position or function | 第47-49页 |
| ·Domain of ammunition,equipments,sports items and machines | 第49-50页 |
| ·Domain of money | 第50页 |
| ·Domain of abstract things | 第50-54页 |
| ·From flower domain to domain of appointed sentiments and intentions in English | 第50-51页 |
| ·Domain of abstract concepts | 第51-54页 |
| ·Non-nominal plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第54-58页 |
| ·Verbal plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第55-57页 |
| ·Adjective plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第57-58页 |
| ·Plant metonymies | 第58-62页 |
| ·PLANT FOR PLANT PART | 第59-60页 |
| ·PLANT FOR COLOR | 第60-61页 |
| ·PLANT FOR PRODUCT MADE OF OR FROM IT | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter Four Analyses of the similarities and differences of plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第62-74页 |
| ·Similarities and differences of plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第62-67页 |
| ·Similarities of plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第62-64页 |
| ·Differences of plant metaphors in English and Chinese | 第64-67页 |
| ·Analyses of similarities and differences | 第67-74页 |
| ·Cognitive universality | 第67-68页 |
| ·Cultural relativity | 第68-74页 |
| ·Difference in ways of thinking | 第69页 |
| ·Difference in aesthetic standards | 第69-70页 |
| ·Difference in national literature traditions | 第70-71页 |
| ·Difference in natural environment and social conventions | 第71-72页 |
| ·Difference in linguistic forms | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-78页 |
