| Abstract | 第3页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Contents | 第5-7页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical background of lexical metaphor | 第10-17页 |
| 2.1 The Aristotelian approach: Lexical metaphor as a transference of names | 第10-11页 |
| 2.2 The interactionist approach: Lexical metaphor as an interaction | 第11-12页 |
| 2.3 The cognitive approach: lexical metaphor as understanding one kind of thing in terms of another | 第12-17页 |
| 2.3.1 The conceptual nature of metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| 2.3.2 Philosophical basis of conceptual metaphor theory: experientialism | 第13-14页 |
| 2.3.3 Mechanism of conceptual metaphor: cross-domain mapping | 第14-15页 |
| 2.3.4 The classification of conceptual metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter III Theories of grammatical metaphor | 第17-24页 |
| 3.1 Some early studies in grammatical metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| 3.2 Halliday’s functional view on grammatical metaphor | 第18-24页 |
| 3.2.1 Congruent form and metaphorical form | 第18-20页 |
| 3.2.2 Classification of grammatical metaphor | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter IV The similarities of the two kinds of metaphor | 第24-28页 |
| 4.1 Ubiquity: metaphor is a prevalent phenomenon in language | 第24-25页 |
| 4.2 Non-arbitrariness: the signifier and signified of metaphor are not arbitrary. | 第25-26页 |
| 4.3 The similar function: metaphors are helpful to understand the complicated con cepts | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter V The analysis of differences between lexical metaphor and grammatical met aphor | 第28-39页 |
| 5.1 The analysis of differences from the syntactic perspective | 第28-31页 |
| 5.2 The analysis of differences from the semantic perspective | 第31-34页 |
| 5.3 The analysis of differences from the pragmatic perspective | 第34-36页 |
| 5.4 The analysis of difference from the cognitive perspective | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter VI Conclusion | 第39-41页 |
| Bibliography | 第41-43页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第43页 |
