| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Lists of Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Lists of Tables | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第13页 |
| 1.2 The Purpose and Significance of This Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Organization of This Paper | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-26页 |
| 2.1 Introduction of Identity | 第15-17页 |
| 2.1.1 The definition of identity | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 The characteristics of identity | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 The categories of identity | 第17页 |
| 2.2 Identity Theory | 第17-20页 |
| 2.2.1 Identity theory | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Social Identity Theory | 第19-20页 |
| 2.3 An Overview of Previous Studies on Identity | 第20-26页 |
| 2.3.1 Foreign studies on the relation between language and identity | 第20-23页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on the relation between language and identity at home | 第23页 |
| 2.3.3 Studies on identity metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第26-36页 |
| 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis of Identity | 第26-30页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition of discourse | 第26页 |
| 3.1.2 Principles of discourse analysis | 第26-27页 |
| 3.1.3 Discourse and ideology | 第27-28页 |
| 3.1.4 Discourse and power | 第28页 |
| 3.1.5 The mode of critical discourse analysis | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1.6 The development of CDA: PDA | 第29-30页 |
| 3.2 Framework of Critical Metaphor Analysis of Identity | 第30-35页 |
| 3.2.1 Metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| 3.2.2 Identity metaphor | 第32-34页 |
| 3.2.3 Critical metaphor analysis | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第35-36页 |
| Chapter Four RESEARCH DESIGN | 第36-47页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第36页 |
| 4.2 Research Method | 第36页 |
| 4.3 Data Collection and Analysis | 第36-47页 |
| 4.3.1 The distribution of the identity metaphor of students | 第37-47页 |
| 4.3.1.1 The distribution of the identity metaphor of students in the first term | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3.1.2 The distribution of the identity metaphor of students in the second term | 第38-41页 |
| 4.3.1.3 The distribution of the identity metaphor of students in the third term | 第41-42页 |
| 4.3.1.4 The comparison of the identity metaphor of male college English learners in NUAA among these three terms | 第42-44页 |
| 4.3.1.5 The frequency of the identities of the relationship between teachers and students in all the three terms | 第44-47页 |
| Chapter Five CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ IDENTITY METAPHOR | 第47-60页 |
| 5.1 The Interpretation of the Characteristics of Students’ Identity Metaphor in the first term | 第47-51页 |
| 5.2 The Interpretation of the Characteristics of Students’ Identity Metaphor in the second term | 第51-56页 |
| 5.3 The Interpretation of the Characteristics of Students’ Identity Metaphor in the Third term | 第56页 |
| 5.4 The Interpretation of the Comparison of the Identity Metaphors among Three | 第56-57页 |
| 5.5 The Interpretation of the Characteristics of Relation Identity in these threeterms | 第57-59页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第60-64页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第60-62页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions | 第62-64页 |
| References | 第64-68页 |
| Publications | 第68页 |
