| Acknowledgments | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-11页 |
| 1.INTRODUCTION | 第11-15页 |
| ·RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第11-12页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE | 第12-13页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION | 第13-14页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第14-15页 |
| 2. THEORETICAL BASIS OF THIS THESIS | 第15-26页 |
| ·CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THRORY | 第15-17页 |
| ·COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第17-20页 |
| ·An important means of understanding the world | 第18-19页 |
| ·A cognitive tool in creating new meanings | 第19-20页 |
| ·WORKING MECHANISM OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR | 第20-24页 |
| ·Cross-domain mapping | 第20-22页 |
| ·Similarity between the source domain and the target domain | 第22-24页 |
| ·CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY IN COMPARATIVE STUDY | 第24-26页 |
| 3. EYE METAPHORS IN ENGLISH, CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 第26-42页 |
| ·SIMILAR EYE METAPHORS IN ENGLISH, CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 第26-38页 |
| ·Mapping based on physical similarity | 第27-29页 |
| ·Mapping based on psychological similarity | 第29-38页 |
| ·DIFFERENT EYE METAPHORS IN ENGLISHH CHINESE AND JAPANESE | 第38-42页 |
| ·Mapping based on physical similarity | 第39页 |
| ·Mapping based on psychological similarity | 第39-42页 |
| 4.FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS | 第42-47页 |
| 5.CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS | 第47-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |
