| Acknowledgements | 第4-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Literature Review | 第9-21页 |
| 1.1 What is language?-Language, Culture and Thought | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1.1 Viewpoints of anthropological linguists | 第9-10页 |
| 1.1.2 Viewpoints of philosophers | 第10-12页 |
| 1.1.3 Language is dynamic | 第12页 |
| 1.1.4 Cognitive point of view | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Cognitive Semantics | 第12-21页 |
| 1.2.1 Cognitive linguistics | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2.2 The importance of categorization | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2.3 Prototype theory | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2.4 Metaphor and Metonymy | 第15-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The contrastive semantic analysis of 'love' in English and in Chinese | 第21-36页 |
| 2.1 Contrastive analysis | 第21-32页 |
| 2.2 Categorization of love and prototype scenarios | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3 Folk models in English and in Chinese | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The conceptual structures of the metaphors and metonymies of love in both languages | 第36-53页 |
| 3.1 Branch 1: positive and negative structures | 第37-43页 |
| 3.2 Branch 2: outside factor | 第43-45页 |
| 3.3 Branch 3: magic force | 第45-46页 |
| 3.4 Branch 4: space of love | 第46-47页 |
| 3.5 Branch 5:entity of love | 第47-49页 |
| 3.6 Summary and further analysis with the conceptual mapping model | 第49-52页 |
| 3.7 The concept of emotions is dynamic and interacted | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Frame and cultural patterns | 第53-58页 |
| 4.1 The introduction to frame theory | 第53-54页 |
| 4.2 The cultural patterns | 第54页 |
| 4.3 The analysis of love in light of frame theory and culture patterns | 第54-57页 |
| 4.3.1 [LOVE] frame | 第54-55页 |
| 4.3.2 Analysis grounded in the culture patterns | 第55-57页 |
| 4.3.3 Answers to the questions | 第57页 |
| 4.4 Confirmation of Sapir-Whorf theory | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusions and future work | 第58-60页 |
| 5.1 Conclusions | 第58页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and future work | 第58-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
| On-line Resources | 第62页 |
