| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Orientation of the title | 第8页 |
| ·Motivations of the study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Methods and aims in this study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Layouts and scope of the study | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第11-26页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor | 第11-16页 |
| ·Metaphor in different theories | 第11-15页 |
| ·Summary | 第15-16页 |
| ·A brief analysis of conceptual metaphors | 第16-23页 |
| ·An introduction to conceptual metaphors | 第16-21页 |
| ·Contributions of conceptual metaphor theory | 第21-23页 |
| ·Reviews of studies on Beloved both home and abroad | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in Toni Morrison’s Beloved | 第26-45页 |
| ·General introduction to Toni Morrison and her Beloved | 第26-29页 |
| ·A brief description of Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison | 第26-27页 |
| ·Beloved and its main plots | 第27-29页 |
| ·Reasons for the application of conceptual metaphors in Toni Morrison’s Beloved | 第29-30页 |
| ·The analysis of three types of conceptual metaphors in Beloved | 第30-45页 |
| ·The analysis of main characters in Beloved from the perspective of structural metaphors | 第31-35页 |
| ·The analysis of water in Beloved from the perspective of structural metaphors | 第35-39页 |
| ·The ontological metaphors analysis of “Tree”on Sethe’s back and Paul D’s life in Beloved | 第39-43页 |
| ·The analysis of “Tobacco tin”in Paul D’s chest from the perspective of orientational metaphors | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four The Structural Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in Toni Morrison’s Beloved | 第45-52页 |
| ·Cross-domain mapping analysis | 第45-51页 |
| ·Cross-domain mapping of the structural metaphor “SETHE’S LIFE IS A JOURNEY” | 第45-47页 |
| ·Cross-domain mapping of the orientational metaphor “PAUL D’S RED HEART IS A LOST MEMORY” | 第47-49页 |
| ·Cross-domain mapping of the ontological metaphor “OHIO RIVER IS AN AFRICAN CULTURE” | 第49-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusions | 第52-55页 |
| ·Findings | 第52-53页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第53页 |
| ·Suggestions for further studies | 第53-55页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第55-56页 |
| References | 第56-59页 |
| Appendix | 第59页 |
