| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Two A General Review of Previous Studies on Metaphor | 第11-26页 |
| ·Historical studies on metaphor | 第11-16页 |
| ·Aristotle: Metaphor as a process of seeking similarities within differences | 第11-14页 |
| ·L.A. Richard: Metaphor as a borrowing between intercourse of thoughts | 第14页 |
| ·M. Black: Metaphor as interaction between the Focus and the Frame | 第14-16页 |
| ·Contemporary studies on metaphor | 第16-26页 |
| ·Lakoff et al.: Metaphor as a cognitive mechanism to understand the world | 第16-20页 |
| ·Sperber and Wilson: Metaphors as optimal choices in communication | 第20页 |
| ·Psychological studies: Metaphors as new categorizations | 第20-23页 |
| ·P. D. Nogales: Metaphor as reconceptualization | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Three Metaphor and Affect | 第26-49页 |
| ·Some preliminary remarks on affect | 第28-29页 |
| ·Affect as experiential pattern and metaphor comprehension | 第29-33页 |
| ·Metaphors of displacement: More illustration | 第33-49页 |
| ·Some preliminary remarks on displacement metaphors | 第34页 |
| ·Weeds | 第34-37页 |
| ·Disease/Plague | 第37-42页 |
| ·Bodily secretions | 第42-49页 |
| Chapter Four The Implications of the Study | 第49-54页 |
| ·In assessing metaphor theories | 第49页 |
| ·In deciding metaphor's nature | 第49-51页 |
| ·In theorizing about the concept of metaphor aptness | 第51-52页 |
| ·In explaining varied understanding of some expressions | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第54-56页 |
| Notes | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-62页 |
