| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| List of Tables | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第12-14页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-40页 |
| ·Study of Idioms | 第17-28页 |
| ·Definitions of English Idioms | 第18-21页 |
| ·Definitions of Chinese Idioms | 第21-23页 |
| ·Classification and Scope of English and Chinese Idioms | 第23-27页 |
| ·Classification and Scope of English Idioms | 第23-25页 |
| ·Classification and Scope of Chinese Idioms | 第25-27页 |
| ·From Traditional to Cognitive Viewpoints on Idioms | 第27-28页 |
| ·Relationship between Idioms and Cognition | 第28-34页 |
| ·Conceptual Theory of Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第30-31页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Conceptual Theory of Metonymy | 第33-34页 |
| ·Theoretical Bases of Interpersonal Relationships in English and Chinese Idiom | 第34-40页 |
| ·Interpersonal Function of idioms | 第35-36页 |
| ·Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships | 第36-37页 |
| ·Classification of Interpersonal Relationships in This Study | 第37-40页 |
| ·Classification of Interpersonal Relationships at Home and Abroad | 第37-38页 |
| ·Classification of Interpersonal Relationships in This Study | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第40-45页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第40页 |
| ·Corpus for the Comparative Study | 第40-43页 |
| ·Comparative Analysis Used in the Study | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第45-74页 |
| ·Statistics for the Study | 第45-48页 |
| ·Sibling Relationship | 第48-52页 |
| ·Friendship | 第52-56页 |
| ·Competitor Relationship | 第56-60页 |
| ·Romantic Relationship | 第60-63页 |
| ·Husband-Wife Relationship | 第63-66页 |
| ·Colleague Relationship | 第66-68页 |
| ·Superior-Subordinate Relationship | 第68-72页 |
| ·Parent-Child Relationship | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| ·Findings of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第75-76页 |
| ·Suggestions for the Future Study | 第76-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-83页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第83-84页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第84页 |
