| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION | 第14-18页 |
| 1.1 Research Object and Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Purpose | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Research Method | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 General Framework | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-35页 |
| 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Time | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2 Literature Review of Metaphor Studies in the West and China | 第19-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Literature Review of Metaphor Studies in the West | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.2 Literature Review of Metaphor Studies in China | 第21-22页 |
| 2.3 Traditional Theories of Metaphor | 第22-26页 |
| 2.3.1 The Substitution Theory | 第22-23页 |
| 2.3.2 The Comparison Theory | 第23-24页 |
| 2.3.3 The Interaction Theory | 第24页 |
| 2.3.4 The Contemporary Cognitive View | 第24-26页 |
| 2.4 Time in Other Subject | 第26-28页 |
| 2.4.1 Time in Anthropology | 第26-27页 |
| 2.4.2 Time in Philosophy | 第27-28页 |
| 2.5 Literature Review on Time Metaphor | 第28-32页 |
| 2.6 Theoretical Framework of Temporal Metaphors | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ A CASE STUDY OF THE TIME METAPHOR | 第35-52页 |
| 3.1 Time as Space | 第35-46页 |
| 3.1.1 Horizontal Axis: FRONT-BACK Position of Time | 第36-44页 |
| 3.1.2 Vertical Axis: UP-DOWN Position of Time | 第44-46页 |
| 3.2 Time is Precious Stuff | 第46-47页 |
| 3.3 Time as Container | 第47-48页 |
| 3.4 Time as a Person | 第48-50页 |
| 3.5 Time as Moving Entities | 第50-52页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ A COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE TIME METAPHOR | 第52-64页 |
| 4.1 Similarities | 第52页 |
| 4.2 Reasons of Similarities | 第52-55页 |
| 4.2.1 Common Embodied Bodily Experience: Physical Basis for Conceptual Metaphor | 第52-54页 |
| 4.2.2 Common Specific Imagine Thinking: the Psychological Basis for the Concept of Metaphor | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3 Difference | 第55-58页 |
| 4.3.1 Preference for Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Time | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3.2 The Personification and Plantification of Time | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4 Causes of Differences | 第58-64页 |
| 4.4.1 Differences of Translation Aspects in English and Chinese | 第58-59页 |
| 4.4.2 Angles of Reference Point | 第59-60页 |
| 4.4.3 The Different Psychological Basis of Time in English and Chinese | 第60-62页 |
| 4.4.4 The Different Philosophical Basis of Time in English and Chinese | 第62-64页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION | 第64-69页 |
| 5.1 Major Findings | 第64-65页 |
| 5.2 Application of the Present Study | 第65-67页 |
| 5.3 Prospects about the Future Studies in Temporal Metaphor | 第67页 |
| 5.4 Limitations of the Research and Suggestions for Future Study | 第67-69页 |
| REFERENCES | 第69-70页 |
