| Abstract | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Purpose and significance of the study | 第14页 |
| 1.3 Layout of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-30页 |
| 2.1 Previous studies on emotion and emotion nouns | 第16-21页 |
| 2.1.1 Previous studies of emotion | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1.1 The definition of emotion | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.1.2 The classifications of emotion | 第17页 |
| 2.1.1.3 The expressions of emotion | 第17-18页 |
| 2.1.1.4 Previous studies of emotions at home and abroad | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.2 Previous studies of emotion nouns | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2.1 The definition of emotion nouns | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2.2 The semantic features of emotion nouns | 第19-20页 |
| 2.1.2.3 Previous studies of the emotion nouns at home and abroad | 第20-21页 |
| 2.2 Previous studies of classifiers | 第21-28页 |
| 2.2.1 The Definition of classifiers | 第21-23页 |
| 2.2.2 The classifications of the classifiers | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2.3 Previous studies of classifiers at home and abroad | 第24-28页 |
| 2.2.3.1 Semantic features of classifiers | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.3.2 The collocation of the classifier with the noun and the verb | 第25-26页 |
| 2.2.3.3 The cognitive mechanism of the classifier | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2.3.4 The contrastive studies of classifiers between English and Chinese | 第27页 |
| 2.2.3.5 Previous studies of English classifier | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3 Previous studies of the collocation | 第28页 |
| 2.3.1 The definition of the collocation | 第28页 |
| 2.3.2 Previous studies of the collocation at home and abroad | 第28页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第30-37页 |
| 3.1 The conceptual metaphor theory | 第30-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Four factors of the conceptual metaphor | 第30-32页 |
| 3.1.2 Classification of conceptual metaphors | 第32-33页 |
| 3.1.3 The main features of conceptual metaphors | 第33页 |
| 3.2 Theory of Boundedness and Unboundedness | 第33-37页 |
| 3.2.1 The introduction of the theory | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2.2 Bounded and unbounded nouns | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2.3 The bounded or unbounded verbs | 第35页 |
| 3.2.4 The bounded and unbounded adjectives | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.5 The linguistic significances of the theory | 第36-37页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第37-42页 |
| 4.1 Research questions | 第37页 |
| 4.2 Data source | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3 Data collection and analysis | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussion | 第42-66页 |
| 5.1 Similarities between English and Chinese | 第43-49页 |
| 5.1.1 Similarities in semantic features | 第43-48页 |
| 5.1.1.1 Collocations of shape classifiers with emotion nouns | 第44-47页 |
| 5.1.1.2 Collocations of species classifiers with emotion nouns | 第47-48页 |
| 5.1.2 The similarity in syntactic construction | 第48-49页 |
| 5.2 Differences between English and Chinese | 第49-62页 |
| 5.2.1 Differences in semantic features | 第49-59页 |
| 5.2.1.1 Chinese characteristics | 第49-52页 |
| 5.2.1.2 English characteristics | 第52-59页 |
| 5.2.2 Differences in syntactic constructions | 第59-62页 |
| 5.2.2.1 Chinese characteristics | 第59-61页 |
| 5.2.2.2 English characteristics | 第61-62页 |
| 5.3 The reasons behind the similarities and differences | 第62-66页 |
| 5.3.1 The reasons of similarities | 第62-64页 |
| 5.3.1.1 The similar bodily experience | 第62-63页 |
| 5.3.1.2 The similar cognitive foundations | 第63-64页 |
| 5.3.2 The reasons of the differences | 第64-66页 |
| 5.3.2.1 Different thinking patterns | 第64-65页 |
| 5.3.2.2 The different Language structures | 第65-66页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions | 第66-68页 |
| 6.1 Major findings of the study | 第66-67页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第67页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and suggestions for the further study | 第67-68页 |
| References | 第68-75页 |
| Appendix 1 Samples of the classifier- emotion noun collocation in CCL | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix 2 Samples of the classifier- emotion noun collocation in COCA | 第78-82页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第82页 |
