| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第9页 |
| ·Contents of the thesis | 第9-10页 |
| ·Data collection and research methods | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第12-20页 |
| ·Comparison Theory | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory | 第14页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第14-17页 |
| ·Pragmatic Theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Contemporary Theory | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Studies of metaphor from a cognitive perspective | 第20-37页 |
| ·The Cognitive view of metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Comment on the cognitive view of metaphor | 第22页 |
| ·Experientialism: the philosophical basis of metaphor | 第22-26页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第26-37页 |
| ·Classification of conceptual metaphor | 第27-30页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Mechanism of conceptual metaphor: mapping | 第30-34页 |
| ·Image schema | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Conceptual metaphors in economic discourse | 第37-71页 |
| ·Metaphor in economic discourse | 第37-39页 |
| ·Different perspectives on metaphors in economic discourse | 第37-39页 |
| ·Applied linguistic perspective | 第37-39页 |
| ·Cross-cultural perspective | 第39页 |
| ·Criteria for metaphor identification | 第39-40页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors in economic discourse | 第40-71页 |
| ·THE ECONOMY AS A LIVING ORGANISM | 第41-49页 |
| ·The origin of ORGANISM metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·THE ECONOMY AS HUMAN BEINGS | 第42-46页 |
| ·THE ECONOMY AS A PLANT | 第46-47页 |
| ·THE ECONOMY AS AN ANIMAL | 第47-49页 |
| ·THE ECONOMY AS WARFARE | 第49-54页 |
| ·The origin of WARFARE metaphor | 第50页 |
| ·Entailments of WARFARE metaphor | 第50-54页 |
| ·The goal of WARFARE | 第52页 |
| ·The difficulty of WAERFARE | 第52页 |
| ·The strategy of WARFARE | 第52-54页 |
| ·ECONOMY AS A JOURNEY | 第54-59页 |
| ·Entailments of the JOURNEY metaphor | 第55-59页 |
| ·PURPOSES AS DESTINATIONS | 第56页 |
| ·DIFFICULTIES AS OBSTACLES | 第56-57页 |
| ·DECISION MAKING AS CHOOSING A DIRECTION | 第57-58页 |
| ·PROGRESS IS MOVING FORWARD | 第58-59页 |
| ·ECONOMY AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON | 第59-61页 |
| ·The TEMPERATURE metaphor | 第59-60页 |
| ·The DISASTER metaphor | 第60页 |
| ·The WEATHER metaphor | 第60-61页 |
| ·The DAILY NECESSITIES metaphor | 第61-62页 |
| ·The WATER metaphor | 第61-62页 |
| ·The BUILDING metaphor | 第62页 |
| ·ECONOMY AS MECHANICAL ACTIVITIES | 第62-64页 |
| ·Accelerator principle and build-in stabilizer | 第62-64页 |
| ·Spatial conceptual metaphors | 第64-68页 |
| ·UP-DOWN schema | 第65-67页 |
| ·Central-peripheral schema | 第67-68页 |
| ·CONTAINER metaphor | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第71-74页 |
| ·Summary of the thesis | 第71-72页 |
| ·Implications of the thesis | 第72-73页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第73-74页 |
| References | 第74-79页 |
| Publications | 第79-80页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第80-81页 |
