| 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-13页 |
| ·Research Design | 第13-14页 |
| ·Value and Significance of the Research | 第14页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| 2 Conceptual Metaphor and Categorization | 第15-33页 |
| ·Metaphor from Substitution to Interaction to Cognition | 第15-19页 |
| ·Lexical Substitution | 第15-16页 |
| ·Conceptual Interaction | 第16-18页 |
| ·Cognitive Competence | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cognitive Categorization of Concepts | 第19-23页 |
| ·Categorization of Concepts in the Logic Sense | 第19-20页 |
| ·Categorization of Concepts in the Cognitive Sense | 第20-23页 |
| ·Lakovian Conceptual Metaphor | 第23-33页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Metaphor: Mapping | 第23-26页 |
| ·Conventional Metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| ·Categorization of Conceptual Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| 3 Cultural Model of Values Based on Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-45页 |
| ·Categorization of Culture and Cultural Values | 第33-38页 |
| ·Categorization of Culture and Cultural Values Horizontally | 第33-36页 |
| ·Categorization of Cultural Values Vertically | 第36-38页 |
| ·Cultural Model of Values through Conceptual Metaphor | 第38-45页 |
| ·Cultural Values through Conceptual Metaphor | 第38-41页 |
| ·Cultural Model of Values Based on Conceptual Metaphor | 第41-45页 |
| 4 The American Cultural Model of Values in the Presidential Inauguration Addresses | 第45-67页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphors about the American Cultural Values | 第45-62页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor about Economy | 第46-49页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor about Law | 第49-53页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor about Religion | 第53-56页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor about Politics | 第56-62页 |
| ·The American Cultural Model of Values Based on Conceptual Metaphor | 第62-67页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-77页 |
| Article Published | 第77页 |
