| ABSTRACT | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| CONTENT | 第9-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第14-20页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Background of image schematic theory | 第14-16页 |
| ·Background of the speech texts | 第16页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Questions to be Resolved | 第17-18页 |
| ·Researching Methods and Procedures | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Features of this study | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第20-23页 |
| ·A Brief Survey on Schematic Theory | 第20页 |
| ·Related Studies on Image Schematic Theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·Studies abroad on image schematic theory | 第21页 |
| ·Studies in China on image schematic theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three Lead into Image Schema | 第23-28页 |
| ·What Is Image Schema | 第23-24页 |
| ·What is the Image in Image Schema | 第24-27页 |
| ·The balance when a baby is learning to walk | 第24-25页 |
| ·The balance to be broken—war versus peace | 第25-26页 |
| ·The balance of Udo Bronze | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Four THE CATALOG OF IMAGE SCHEMA | 第28-35页 |
| ·Central Image Schemata and Other Image Schemata | 第28页 |
| ·Catalogs of Lakoff and Johnson about Image Schemata | 第28-29页 |
| ·Catalog of Clausner and Croft about Image Schemata | 第29页 |
| ·Catalog of Amant, Morrison and Yu about Image schemata | 第29-30页 |
| ·Explanation of the Inventories | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Author's Catalog about Image Schema | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Five IMAGE SCHEMA IN OBAMA'S SPEECH TEXTS | 第35-40页 |
| ·Text 1 | 第35-36页 |
| ·Text 2 | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Ubiquity of Image Schema | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter Six SOME TENETS OF IMAGE SCHEMA | 第40-52页 |
| ·The Hierarchy and Overlap of Image Schemata | 第40-42页 |
| ·Metaphorical Extension/Image Schematic Projection | 第42-44页 |
| ·Static Versus Dynamic, Figure Versus Ground | 第44-48页 |
| ·Cultural coherence in Image Schemas | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Seven IMAGE SCHEMAS IN WORD CLASSES,MODAL VERBS AND PASSAGES | 第52-61页 |
| ·Image Schemas in Word Classes | 第52-54页 |
| ·Image schemas in prepositions | 第52-53页 |
| ·Image schemas in verbs and verb phrases | 第53页 |
| ·Image schemas in nouns and pronouns | 第53-54页 |
| ·Image schemas adjectives and adverbs | 第54页 |
| ·Image schema in conjunctions | 第54页 |
| ·Image schemas in numerals | 第54页 |
| ·Image schemas in definite articles, demonstrative pronouns and interrogative pronouns | 第54页 |
| ·Image Schemas in Modal Verbs | 第54-57页 |
| ·Image Schemas in Passages | 第57-58页 |
| ·Path image schema | 第57页 |
| ·Part-whole image schema | 第57页 |
| ·Balance image schema | 第57-58页 |
| ·Superimposition of image schemas | 第58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-61页 |
| ·Function of prepositions | 第58-59页 |
| ·Function of nouns | 第59页 |
| ·Functions of other word classes | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter Eight CONCLUSIONS | 第61-65页 |
| ·A Summary of Image Schematic Theory | 第61-62页 |
| ·Main Conclusions of This Study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations and Plan for Further Research | 第63-65页 |
| References | 第65-67页 |
| Appendix | 第67-73页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第73页 |
