| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstrac in Chinese | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·Metaphor and emotion metaphor | 第9-10页 |
| ·Literature review | 第10-12页 |
| ·Existing studies of emotion metaphor abroad | 第10-11页 |
| ·Existing studies of emotion metaphor in China | 第11-12页 |
| ·The objective of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter II The Theoretical and Methodological Background | 第15-27页 |
| ·Two distinct views of metaphor: traditional vs. contemporary | 第15-18页 |
| ·Traditional metaphor theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·Contemporary metaphor theory | 第17-18页 |
| ·Some basic concepts concerning metaphor study from a cognitive perspective | 第18-27页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Domain and mapping | 第19-20页 |
| ·Image-schema | 第20-22页 |
| ·Metonymy | 第22-23页 |
| ·Personification | 第23页 |
| ·The conceptual blending theory | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter III Conceptualization of Sorrow Metaphor in Song Lyrics | 第27-41页 |
| ·The classification of emotion language | 第27-28页 |
| ·The emotion terms related with sorrow in Chinese | 第28-29页 |
| ·Conceptualization of sorrow metaphor in Song lyrics | 第29-40页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors used in Song lyrics | 第30-33页 |
| ·Image metaphors in Song lyrics | 第33-36页 |
| ·Personification used in Song lyrics | 第36页 |
| ·Synesthetic metaphor in Song lyrics | 第36-37页 |
| ·Reverse metaphor in Song lyrics | 第37-38页 |
| ·Metonymic principles in Song lyrics | 第38-40页 |
| ·Summary | 第40-41页 |
| Chapter IV Cultural Models underlying the Conceptualization of Sorrow Metaphor in Song Lyrics | 第41-48页 |
| ·Major findings about the sorrow metaphor in Song lyrics | 第41-42页 |
| ·Embodiment and cultural model | 第42-43页 |
| ·The underlying cultural model of the sorrow metaphors in Song lyrics | 第43-48页 |
| ·The theory of five elements in Chinese philosophy | 第43-45页 |
| ·The theory of yin-yang and the theory of universe in unity “nature and man as a whole”in Chinese philosophy | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| ·Conclusions and implications | 第48-49页 |
| ·Limitation of the present study | 第49页 |
| ·Suggestions for further study | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-55页 |
| Papers Published during the Postgraduate Program | 第55-56页 |
