| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background and Purpose of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data Collection and Data Analysis | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·A Brief Account of the Study on Metaphor | 第16-20页 |
| ·Classical View | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cognitive View | 第17-20页 |
| ·A Brief Account of Study on Metaphors in Computer | 第20-22页 |
| ·Problems of Past Studies | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretic Background | 第24-42页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory(CMT) | 第24-32页 |
| ·Nature of CMT | 第24-26页 |
| ·Mechanism:Cross-domain Mapping | 第26-27页 |
| ·Types of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts | 第29-30页 |
| ·Selective Mapping:Highlighting and Hiding | 第30-32页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory(CBT) | 第32-38页 |
| ·Mental Space | 第33页 |
| ·Process of Conceptual Blending | 第33-36页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending and Metaphor | 第36-38页 |
| ·Comparison of the Two Theories | 第38页 |
| ·Summary of the Two Theories | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Three Computer Lexicon and Metaphors | 第42-52页 |
| ·Classification of Computer Lexicon | 第43-45页 |
| ·Computer Machine Lexicon | 第43-44页 |
| ·Internet Lexicon | 第44-45页 |
| ·Featares of Computer Lexicon | 第45-47页 |
| ·Birth of Metaphors in Computer and Internet Lexicon | 第47-52页 |
| ·Cognitive Function of Metaphors | 第47-48页 |
| ·Word Shortage | 第48-49页 |
| ·Communicative Needs | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Four A Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in Computer Lexicon | 第52-82页 |
| ·A List of Metaphoric Computer Lexicon | 第52-58页 |
| ·General Discussion | 第58-59页 |
| ·Metaphors in Computer Machine Lexicon | 第59-64页 |
| ·THE COMPUTER IS A LIVING BEING | 第59-61页 |
| ·THE COMPUTER IS AN OFFICE/WORKSHOP | 第61-63页 |
| ·THE COMPUTER IS A BUILDING/PLACE | 第63-64页 |
| ·Metaphors in Internet Lexicon | 第64-69页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS A SUPERHIGHWAY | 第64-65页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS A BUILDING/PLACE | 第65-66页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS IN A STATF OF WAR | 第66-67页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS A BOOK | 第67-68页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS A SEA | 第68-69页 |
| ·THE INTERNET IS A MARKET | 第69页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Analysis of Computer Metaphoric Lexicon | 第69-82页 |
| ·Analysis of Single Computer Metaphoric Lexicon | 第70-77页 |
| ·Analysis of Compounding Computer Metaphoric Lexicon | 第77-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-90页 |
| Appendix | 第90-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-94页 |
