| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| ·The Background of Similarity in Metaphors | 第7页 |
| ·The Motivation of the Study | 第7页 |
| ·The Implication of the Study | 第7-8页 |
| ·The Organization of the Study | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第10-28页 |
| ·Major Ideas and Views of Similarity in Metaphors | 第10-20页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第11-12页 |
| ·Similarity Based on Metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Metaphors Based on Similarity | 第13页 |
| ·Similarity as the Basis of Name Changing in Metaphors | 第13-14页 |
| ·Models for judging the Degree of Metaphors | 第14-16页 |
| ·Similarity Arising from Interaction between the Subject and the Object | 第16-17页 |
| ·Similarity as Cognitive Prominence | 第17-19页 |
| ·Similarity from the Motivational Relevancy | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Cognitive Basis of Similarity | 第20-22页 |
| ·Cognitive Prominence | 第20页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第20-21页 |
| ·Association | 第21-22页 |
| ·Imagination | 第22页 |
| ·Earlier Classifications of Similarity | 第22-25页 |
| ·Similarity-based Metaphors and Similarity-creating Metaphors | 第22-23页 |
| ·Objective Similarity and Subjective Similarity | 第23-24页 |
| ·Sensorial Similarity and Extra Sensorial Similarity | 第24页 |
| ·Physical Similarity and Psychological Similarity | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Similarity in Cognitive Metaphors | 第28-44页 |
| ·Similarity as the Basis of Metaphors | 第28-30页 |
| ·Objectivity and Subjectivity of Similarity | 第28-29页 |
| ·Similarity Creating Metaphors | 第29-30页 |
| ·Construction of Metaphors on the Basis of Similarity | 第30-32页 |
| ·A New Classification of Similarity | 第32-44页 |
| ·Physical Similarity | 第33-36页 |
| ·Shape | 第33页 |
| ·Color | 第33-34页 |
| ·Location | 第34-35页 |
| ·Sound | 第35-36页 |
| ·Characteristic Similarity | 第36-38页 |
| ·Functional Similarity | 第38-39页 |
| ·Synaesthetic Similarity | 第39-40页 |
| ·Sensigenous Similarity | 第40-41页 |
| ·Action Similarity | 第41-42页 |
| ·Structural Similarity | 第42页 |
| ·Process Similarity | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Four Cross-Linguistic Perspective of Similarity | 第44-55页 |
| ·Universality of Similarity | 第44-48页 |
| ·Vehicle as a Trigger | 第44-45页 |
| ·More Types of Similarity More Metaphorical | 第45-46页 |
| ·Many Source Domains to Describe One Thing | 第46-48页 |
| ·Non-arbitrariness and Abstractness of Similarity | 第48页 |
| ·Motivation for Universality of Similarity | 第48-49页 |
| ·Relativity of Similarity in Metaphors | 第49-52页 |
| ·Using Names of Historical People as Vehicle | 第50页 |
| ·Culture-specific Characteristics | 第50-51页 |
| ·Similarity Related to Different Social Phenomena | 第51-52页 |
| ·Reasons Resulting in Differences of Similarity in Metaphors | 第52-55页 |
| ·Cultural and Historical Differences | 第52-53页 |
| ·Knowledge Structure | 第53-55页 |
| Chapter Five Similarity and Thinking | 第55-59页 |
| ·Metaphorical Thinking | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analogical Thinking | 第56-58页 |
| ·Features of Analogy | 第56-57页 |
| ·Mechanism of Analogy | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Role Similarity Plays in Metaphorical and Analogical Thinking | 第58-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| References | 第62-64页 |
| 攻读学位期间的学术成果 | 第64-65页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第65-66页 |
