| CONTENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| ·RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第9-10页 |
| ·PURPOSEAND SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY | 第10-12页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH | 第12页 |
| ·THESIS STRUCTURE | 第12-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-26页 |
| ·TRADITIONALVIEWS ON METAPHOR | 第13-15页 |
| ·THE CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY | 第15-22页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor and metaphorical expression | 第15-16页 |
| ·The main characteristics of metaphor | 第16-19页 |
| ·The ubiquity of metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The conceptual nature of metaphor | 第17页 |
| ·The systematicity of metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·The internal structure of metaphor:metaphor as a mapping across domains | 第19-21页 |
| ·The experiential bases of metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·APPROACHES TO METAPHOR TRANSLATION | 第22-25页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第25-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE COMPARISON OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS | 第26-35页 |
| ·IDENTICAL CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS | 第26-29页 |
| ·SIMILAR CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS | 第29-31页 |
| ·CULTURE-SPECIFIC CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS | 第31-34页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors present in English but absent in Chinese | 第31-32页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphors present in Chinese but absent in English | 第32-34页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METAHPORS OF "HUMAN" AND "HEART" IN CAMEL XIANGZI | 第35-50页 |
| ·A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CAMEL XIANGZI AND ITS ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY SHI XIAOJING | 第35-36页 |
| ·METAPHOR OF "HUMAN" IN CAMELXIANGZI | 第36-44页 |
| ·Human is an animal | 第37-40页 |
| ·Human is a plant | 第40-42页 |
| ·Human is a tangible thing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Human is an intangible thing | 第43-44页 |
| ·METAPHOR OF "HEART" IN CAMEL XIANGZI | 第44-49页 |
| ·Heart is an object | 第45-47页 |
| ·The mapping from heart onto other organs of human body | 第45-46页 |
| ·The mapping from heart onto characters | 第46页 |
| ·The mapping from heart onto the emotion | 第46-47页 |
| ·Heart is a container | 第47-48页 |
| ·Heart is space | 第48-49页 |
| ·The mapping from three-dimensional spatial metaphor of "heart" onto character and emotion domains | 第48页 |
| ·The mapping from two-dimensional spatial metaphor of "heart" onto character and emotion Domains | 第48页 |
| ·The mapping from one-dimensional spatial metaphor of "heart" onto character and emotion domains | 第48-49页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第49-50页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE C-E TRANSLATION OF TWO METAPHORICAL SYSTEMS IN CAMEL XIANGZI | 第50-63页 |
| ·IDENTICAL MAPPING IN TRANSLATING METAPHORS | 第51-56页 |
| ·SIMILAR MAPPING IN TRANSLATING METAPHORS | 第56-60页 |
| ·CULTURE-SPECIFIC MAPPING IN TRANSLATING METAPHORS | 第60-62页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第62-63页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| ·FINDINGS OF THE PRESENT STUDY | 第63-64页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE STUDY | 第64-65页 |
| REFERENCES | 第65-67页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第67页 |
