| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Objective and Research Methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第16-26页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies in Western Countries | 第17-22页 |
| ·Traditional Theories of Metaphor | 第17-20页 |
| ·Contemporary Theories of Metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies in China | 第22-25页 |
| ·Traditional Views | 第22-24页 |
| ·Modern Views | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations | 第26-47页 |
| ·The Conceptual Theory of Metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第29-31页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanisms of Metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Approaches to Metaphor | 第33-42页 |
| ·The Main Characteristics of Metaphor | 第34-38页 |
| ·Universality of Metaphor | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Metaphors | 第35-37页 |
| ·Unidirectionality of Metaphor | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metaphors Based on Similarities and Metaphors Creating Similarities | 第38页 |
| ·Classifications of Metaphor | 第38-42页 |
| ·Structural, Orientational and Ontological Metaphors | 第39-41页 |
| ·Conventional Metaphor and New Metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Language, Metaphor and Culture | 第42-45页 |
| ·Relations between Language and Culture | 第42-44页 |
| ·Relations between Metaphor and Culture | 第44-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 3 A Cognitive Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors of Life in The Golden Cangue | 第47-72页 |
| ·Introduction of Studies on Life | 第47-51页 |
| ·Definitions of “Life” | 第47-50页 |
| ·Universality of Conceptual Metaphors of Life | 第50-51页 |
| ·A Cognitive Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors of Life in The Golden Cangue | 第51-70页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is the Golden Cangue” | 第51-55页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Rough Road” | 第55-58页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Tale” | 第58-61页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Butterfly Specimen” | 第61-63页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Dead Chicken’s Claws” | 第63-66页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Crab without Legs” | 第66-67页 |
| ·Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor “Life is a Place Where There is no Light” | 第67-70页 |
| ·Summary | 第70-72页 |
| Conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-77页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第77-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78-79页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第79-90页 |
