| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract in English | 第9-11页 |
| List of Tables | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Objectives of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Background Knowledge of Zhuang People and Zhuang | 第13-14页 |
| ·Methodology | 第14-15页 |
| ·General Framework | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| ·Working Mechanism and the Uniqueness | 第18-19页 |
| ·Common Source Domains and Target Domains | 第19页 |
| ·Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Classifications of Conceptual Metaphors | 第20页 |
| ·Image-schema Metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Existing Studies of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Description of Locatives in English and Zhuang | 第23-32页 |
| ·Locatives in English | 第23-26页 |
| ·English Locatives System | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cardinal Direction Locatives | 第24-26页 |
| ·Locatives in Zhuang | 第26-32页 |
| ·Zhuang Locatives System | 第26-27页 |
| ·Cardinal Direction Locatives | 第27-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Contrastive Study of Conceptual Metaphors in English and Zhuang Relative Simple Locatives | 第32-56页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第32-46页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Up-Down” | 第32-37页 |
| ·“Up-Down”Showing the State of Human Beings | 第32-33页 |
| ·“Up-Down”Indicating Time Relationship | 第33-35页 |
| ·“Up-Down”Indicating Quantity | 第35页 |
| ·“Up-Down”Presenting Social Class | 第35-36页 |
| ·“Gwnz-Laj”Denoting Scope or Extent | 第36-37页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Front-Back” | 第37-41页 |
| ·“Front-Back”Expressing Time Relationship | 第37-39页 |
| ·“Front”Indicating the Foreside or Anterior Space of Object or Entity | 第39-40页 |
| ·“Naj”Expressing Prestige | 第40页 |
| ·“Back”Expressing the Surfaces or Parts of Things | 第40-41页 |
| ·“Back”Denoting Supportive Relationship | 第41页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Left-Right” | 第41-43页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors in “Left”and “Swix” | 第41-42页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors in “Right”and “Gvaz” | 第42-43页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Side-Bangx” | 第43-45页 |
| ·Orientation Metaphors in “Side” | 第43-44页 |
| ·Orientation Metaphors in “Bangx” | 第44-45页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Periphery” | 第45页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors of “Periphery” | 第45页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors of “Henz” | 第45页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor in Locatives of “Center-Gyang” | 第45-46页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors of “Center” | 第45-46页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors of “Gyang” | 第46页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第46-50页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor in Locatives of “In-Out” | 第47-50页 |
| ·Time | 第47-48页 |
| ·Scope of a Place | 第48页 |
| ·Event, Activity, States and Language | 第48-49页 |
| ·Psychology, Mind and Mentality | 第49页 |
| ·Aspect or Way | 第49-50页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences of Relative Simple Locatives in English and Zhuang | 第50-53页 |
| ·Reasons Accounting for the Similarities and Differences of Relative Simple Locatives in English and Zhuang | 第53-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第56页 |
| ·Implications and Suggestions for the Future Studies | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第61-62页 |
