| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-14页 |
| ·The significance of the research | 第14页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第14-16页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第16-37页 |
| ·Metaphors | 第16-25页 |
| ·The rhetorical tradition | 第16-17页 |
| ·Semantic view of metaphors | 第17页 |
| ·Cognitive view of metaphors | 第17-19页 |
| ·The types of metaphors | 第19-23页 |
| ·The functions of metaphors | 第23-25页 |
| ·Neologisms | 第25-34页 |
| ·The definitions of neologisms | 第25-27页 |
| ·The structural study on neologisms | 第27-29页 |
| ·The development of Chinese neologisms | 第29-31页 |
| ·The types of Chinese neologisms | 第31-34页 |
| ·Previous study of metaphors in Chinese neologisms | 第34-37页 |
| ·The use of metaphors to produce neologisms | 第34-35页 |
| ·The effects of metaphors on the Chinese neologisms | 第35-37页 |
| 3. Metaphor Types in Chinese Neologisms | 第37-48页 |
| ·Structural metaphors | 第37-41页 |
| ·LIFE IS A WAR | 第37-39页 |
| ·NAKED IS WITHOUT ANYTHING | 第39-40页 |
| ·A CLAN IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH SAME CHARACTERISTICS | 第40-41页 |
| ·Orientational metaphors | 第41-43页 |
| ·MORE IS UP; LESS IS DOWN | 第41-42页 |
| ·HIGH STATUS IS UP; LOW STATUS IS DOWN | 第42页 |
| ·MARGIN IS THE LEAST IMPORTANT | 第42-43页 |
| ·Ontological metaphors | 第43-46页 |
| ·Entity and substance metaphors | 第43-44页 |
| ·Container metaphors | 第44-45页 |
| ·Personification | 第45-46页 |
| ·The overlapping of three metaphor types | 第46-48页 |
| 4. An Analysis of the Metaphors in Chinese Neologisms | 第48-62页 |
| ·The mapping in Chinese neologisms | 第48-52页 |
| ·From concrete to abstract | 第48-49页 |
| ·From concrete to concrete | 第49-50页 |
| ·From abstract to concrete | 第50-51页 |
| ·From abstract to abstract | 第51-52页 |
| ·The context of the metaphors in Chinese neologisms | 第52-58页 |
| ·Context of culture | 第52-55页 |
| ·Context of situation | 第55-57页 |
| ·Cognitive context | 第57-58页 |
| ·The metaphors' effect on Chinese language | 第58-62页 |
| ·The increasing of quasi affixation | 第58-59页 |
| ·The increasing use of homophonic words | 第59-60页 |
| ·The change of the commendatory and derogatory meaning of Chinese words | 第60-61页 |
| ·The concise tendency of language | 第61-62页 |
| 5. Conclusions | 第62-64页 |
| ·Major findings | 第62-63页 |
| ·Implications | 第63页 |
| ·The implication for the translation of Chinese neologisms | 第63页 |
| ·The implication for the Chinese study | 第63页 |
| ·Limitations of the present paper | 第63-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
