| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| ·Theories of Metaphor Preceding Cognitive Semantics | 第11-12页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Previous Study on the Metaphor in the Economic Discourse | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Prerequisite | 第16-27页 |
| ·The Internal Structure of Metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Experiential Base of Metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Systematicity of Metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Partiality of Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Classification of Metaphor | 第22-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Function | 第23-24页 |
| ·Degrees of Conventionality | 第24-26页 |
| ·Generality | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter 4 Research Method | 第27-31页 |
| ·Corpus-based Approach | 第27页 |
| ·Metaphor Identifiocation | 第27-30页 |
| ·Metaphor Interpretation | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 5 Result and Description | 第31-54页 |
| ·The Economy Is Human | 第32-46页 |
| ·Market Trading Is Warfare | 第33-39页 |
| ·Market Trading Is a State of Health | 第39-43页 |
| ·The State of Market Trading Is a State of Mental Health | 第39-40页 |
| ·The State of Market Trading Is a State of Physical Health | 第40-43页 |
| ·Merger Is Marriage | 第43-46页 |
| ·Downward Market Movements Are Natural Disasters | 第46-54页 |
| ·A Bad Market Is a Storm | 第47-49页 |
| ·A Bad Market is an Earthquake | 第49-51页 |
| ·A Very Bad Market Is a Nuclear Disaster | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 6 Discussion and Conclusion | 第54-58页 |
| ·Universal Metaphors and Higher Conceptual Organization | 第54-55页 |
| ·Experiential Focus and Metaphor Variation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Prototypes and Metaphor Variation | 第56页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-62页 |
