| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of This Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Organization of this Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-18页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Metaphor | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Animal Metaphors | 第15-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第18-30页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第18-28页 |
| ·The Features of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·Cross-domain Mapping | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Great Chain Metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter Four An Analysis of Animal Metaphors in English and Chinese | 第30-54页 |
| ·Animal Images Being Mapped onto Human Beings | 第30-37页 |
| ·Appearance | 第31-33页 |
| ·Behavior | 第33-34页 |
| ·Character | 第34-36页 |
| ·Sound | 第36-37页 |
| ·A Semantic Comparison of Animal Metaphors Between English and Chinese | 第37-47页 |
| ·The Same Animal with the Same Meaning | 第37-39页 |
| ·Different animals with the Same Meaning | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Same Animal with Different Meanings | 第40-43页 |
| ·Exclusive Animals in Each Language | 第43-45页 |
| ·Semantic Derogation towards Female | 第45-47页 |
| ·Reasons for Animal Metaphor Variation | 第47-51页 |
| ·The Natural and Physical Environment | 第47-48页 |
| ·Religion | 第48-49页 |
| ·Traditions and Customs | 第49-50页 |
| ·Different Perspectives of Life | 第50-51页 |
| ·Some Fixed Animal Metaphors with Adjectives | 第51-53页 |
| ·AN EARLY ARRIVER IS AN EARLY BIRD | 第51-52页 |
| ·AN UNEXPECTED WINNER IS A DARK HORSE | 第52页 |
| ·A DISREPUTABLE MEMBER OF A GROUP IS A BLACK SHEEP | 第52-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Summary of the Thesis | 第54-55页 |
| ·Implications for Foreign Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-61页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第61页 |
