| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-22页 |
| ·Background of the Research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Aims and Methodology of the research | 第14-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Research | 第17-18页 |
| ·Organization of the Research | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter 1 An Overview of Previous Studies | 第22-44页 |
| ·Researches on the Meaning of Animal Words | 第22-32页 |
| ·Word Meaning and Connotation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Cultural Connotations of Animal Words | 第24-31页 |
| ·Factors Influencing Cultural Connotations of Animal Words | 第31-32页 |
| ·Researches on Metaphor | 第32-36页 |
| ·Traditions of Metaphor Research | 第32-34页 |
| ·Development of Metaphor Research | 第34-36页 |
| ·Researches on Animal Metaphors | 第36-42页 |
| ·The National Cultural Semantics | 第37-38页 |
| ·A Cross-Cultural Comparison | 第38-39页 |
| ·Cognitive Perspective | 第39-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第44-66页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第44-52页 |
| ·What is Metaphor? | 第44-47页 |
| ·Mapping:the Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第47-48页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mappings Based on Similarity | 第48-51页 |
| ·Ethnocentrism of Metaphor | 第51-52页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第52-54页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第54-56页 |
| ·Cultural Model | 第56-66页 |
| ·Language,Culture and Cultural Model | 第56-58页 |
| ·Definition of Cultural Model | 第58-60页 |
| ·The Features of Cultural Model | 第60-62页 |
| ·Motivation of Cultural Model | 第62-63页 |
| ·The Influence of Cultural Model on Meaning | 第63-66页 |
| Chapter 3 Classification of Animal Body Part Metaphors | 第66-82页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Mapped onto Concrete Things | 第66-74页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Mapped onto Animate Things | 第67-70页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Mapped onto Inanimate Things | 第70-74页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Mapped onto Abstract Things | 第74-79页 |
| ·SOCIAL STATUS IS ABP | 第74-75页 |
| ·QUANTITY/QUALITY IS ABP | 第75页 |
| ·HUMAN EMOTION IS ABP | 第75-76页 |
| ·HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS IS ABP | 第76-77页 |
| ·ABSTRACT IDEA/CONCEPT IS ABP | 第77页 |
| ·STATE IS ABP | 第77-78页 |
| ·TIME IS ABP | 第78页 |
| ·HEIGHT/DISTANCE IS ABP | 第78-79页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Mapped onto Event | 第79-82页 |
| ·HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS ACTION WITH ABP | 第79-80页 |
| ·SOCIAL EVENT/ACTIVITY IS ABP | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Animal Body Part Metaphors | 第82-100页 |
| ·Animal Body Parts Serving as Source Domain | 第82-86页 |
| ·Features of the Source Domain | 第86-92页 |
| ·Animals Having the Most Number of Body Part Metaphors | 第86-89页 |
| ·Body Parts That Are Mapped Most Frequently | 第89-92页 |
| ·Things in the Target Domains | 第92-100页 |
| ·Concrete Things | 第93-96页 |
| ·Abstract Things | 第96-100页 |
| Conclusion | 第100-104页 |
| 1. Summary of the Thesis | 第100-102页 |
| 2. Innovation of This Thesis | 第102-103页 |
| 3. Limitations and Suggestion for Further Research | 第103-104页 |
| Bibliography | 第104-110页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第110-112页 |
