| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Table of Abbreviation | 第8-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The necessity of choosing this topic | 第9-10页 |
| ·The significance of the present study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The aims of the present study | 第11-12页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·Traditionally rhetorical approach to metaphor | 第12-15页 |
| ·Aristotle and the comparison view of metaphor | 第12-14页 |
| ·Brief introduction | 第12-13页 |
| ·The features and falseness of comparison theory of metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Quintilian and the substitution view of metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·A brief summary and comment of traditional theories | 第15页 |
| ·The cognitive approach to metaphor | 第15-21页 |
| ·The development in psychology | 第16页 |
| ·Richards and Black and their interaction theory of metaphor | 第16-21页 |
| ·Richards: metaphor as borrowing between thoughts and intercourse between thoughts | 第16-18页 |
| ·Max Black: metaphor as interaction between the Focus and the Frame | 第18-19页 |
| ·Working mechanism of the interaction theory | 第19-20页 |
| ·A brief comment on the interaction theory of metaphor | 第20-21页 |
| ·Metaphor studies in China | 第21-24页 |
| 3. Theoretical Foundation of Cognitive Studies of Metaphor and the implication | 第24-47页 |
| ·A brief introduction to cognitive linguistics | 第24页 |
| ·The two components of cognitive linguistics | 第24页 |
| ·Cognitive semantics | 第24-47页 |
| ·The philosophical basis of cognitive semantics: experientialism | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cognitive-semantic approach to metaphor | 第27-47页 |
| ·Lakoff et al. and the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and its application | 第27-34页 |
| ·The conceptual nature of metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Metaphor: the conceptual mapping from the source domains to the target domains | 第28-31页 |
| ·The characteristics of mappings | 第31-32页 |
| ·Case study of Lakoff's theory in analyzing poetry | 第32-34页 |
| ·Comment on CMT | 第34页 |
| ·Fauconnier et al. and the Conceptual Integration/ Blending Theory (CIT/BT) | 第34-47页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis of CIT | 第36页 |
| ·Mental space theory | 第36-39页 |
| ·Conceptual Integration Theory | 第39-47页 |
| ·Mechanism of Conceptual Integration Theory | 第39-42页 |
| ·The illustration of CIT with classic examples | 第42-43页 |
| ·A comparison between Lakoff et al's CMT and Fauconnier et al.'s CIT | 第43-47页 |
| 4. Application of CIT in Metaphor interpretation in Imagery Poetry | 第47-64页 |
| ·Images in Chinese poetry | 第47-49页 |
| ·The artistic features of image | 第48-49页 |
| ·CIT and Chinese ancient imagery poetry | 第49-54页 |
| ·Tune to "Sand and Sky" and CIT | 第50-52页 |
| ·Homesickness in a Quiet, Moonlight Night and CIT | 第52-54页 |
| ·Images in English poetry | 第54-56页 |
| ·English imagery poetry and CIT | 第56-64页 |
| ·The Road Not Taken and CIT | 第56-60页 |
| ·I'm Nobody and CIT | 第60-64页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70页 |
