| ABSTRACT | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第10-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Objectives and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Data Collection and Research Methodology | 第13-14页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第16-29页 |
| 2.1 Previous Studies on Personification | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Traditional studies of personification as a figure of speech | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Cognitive studies of personification as ontological metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Previous Studies on Aesop's Fables at home and abroad | 第21-27页 |
| 2.3 A Study of Personification Metaphors from the Cognitive Perspective | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter Three THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第29-35页 |
| 3.1 An Introduction to Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-32页 |
| 3.1.1 A brief overview of Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第29-31页 |
| 3.1.2 Working mechanism: cross domain mapping | 第31-32页 |
| 3.2 Application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory in the Study | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Four A COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF PERSONIFICATION METAPHORSIN AESOP'S FABLES | 第35-45页 |
| 4.1 Features of Personification Metaphors in Aesop's Fables | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2 Linguistic Types of Personification Metaphors in Aesop's Fables | 第37-45页 |
| 4.2.1 Verbs used in personification metaphors | 第40-41页 |
| 4.2.2 Nouns used in personification metaphors | 第41页 |
| 4.2.3 Adjectives used in personification metaphors | 第41-42页 |
| 4.2.4 Adverbs used in personification metaphors | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.5 Pronouns used in personification metaphors | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Five MEANING CONSTRUCTION OF PERSONIFICATION METAPHORSIN AESOP'S FABLES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONCEPTUALMETAPHOR THEORY | 第45-56页 |
| 5.1 Conceptual Mapping as a Mechanism of Meaning Construction | 第45-48页 |
| 5.2 ANIMALS ARE HUMANS in Aesop's Fables | 第48-56页 |
| 5.2.1 Concepts of HUMANS in Aesop's Fables | 第48-50页 |
| 5.2.2 Meaning construction as conceptualization from HUMANS toANIMALS | 第50-56页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第56-60页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings of the Study | 第56-58页 |
| 6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study | 第58-60页 |
| REFERENCES | 第60-63页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第63-64页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间取得的学术成果 | 第64页 |
