| 中文摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第4-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Presuppositions and Foundations to the Thesis | 第10-31页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第11-18页 |
| ·Comparison Theory and Substitution Theory | 第11-14页 |
| ·Interaction Theory and Searl's Account | 第14-16页 |
| ·Lakoff's CMT and Fauconnier's CBT | 第16-18页 |
| ·Two Views of Meaning | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Objectivist View of Meaning | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Experientialist View of Meaning | 第19-21页 |
| ·What Is Metaphor | 第21-25页 |
| ·A Purely Linguistic Phenomenon | 第21页 |
| ·A Phenomenon of Communication | 第21-23页 |
| ·Metaphor Is Conceptual | 第23-24页 |
| ·Metaphor Is Both Linguistic and Conceptual | 第24-25页 |
| ·Linguistic Factors and Nonlinguistic Factors in Understanding Metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphors and Status of Nominal Metaphors | 第27-31页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphors | 第27-29页 |
| ·Status of Nominal Metaphors | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter 2 Metaphorical Meaning Construction via Conceptual Fusion and Semantic Transfer | 第31-47页 |
| ·Modern Interpretative Theories of Metaphor Centering on Metaphorical Meaning Construction | 第31-33页 |
| ·Conceptual Fusion and Semantic Transfer as Mental Operations for Metaphorical Meaning Construction | 第33-45页 |
| ·Definition and Working Features of Conceptual Fusion | 第33-39页 |
| ·Motivation of Semantic Transfer and Its Definition | 第39-45页 |
| ·An Assumed Model for Meaning Construction of Metaphor | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 3 The Running of Conceptual Fusion | 第47-62页 |
| ·Bases of Conceptual Fusion | 第47-52页 |
| ·Based on Similarities | 第47-49页 |
| ·Based on Image Schemas | 第49-52页 |
| ·States of Conceptual Fusion | 第52-57页 |
| ·The State of Conceptual Fusion in Dead Metaphors | 第53-54页 |
| ·The State of Conceptual Fusion in Inactive Metaphors | 第54-55页 |
| ·The State of Conceptual Fusion in Active Metaphors | 第55-57页 |
| ·Variables of Conceptual Fusion | 第57-62页 |
| ·Variation from Culture to Culture | 第58-59页 |
| ·Variation from Period to Period | 第59-61页 |
| ·Variation from Person to Person | 第61-62页 |
| Chapter 4 The Running of Semantic Transfer | 第62-72页 |
| ·Unidirectionality of Semantic Transfer | 第62-66页 |
| ·Semantic Transfer from Concrete Source to Abstract Target | 第62-64页 |
| ·Semantic Transfer from More Accessible Source to Less Accessible Target | 第64-66页 |
| ·Bi-directionality of Semantic Transfer | 第66-72页 |
| ·Semantic Transfer Between First-order Entities | 第67-71页 |
| ·Semantic Transfer Between Second-order or Third-order Entities | 第71-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-79页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第79-103页 |
