| 英文摘要 | 第1-12页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第12-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter One． The Theoretic Basis of the Thesis | 第17-25页 |
| 1．1 A Literature Survey and Definitions of Metaphor | 第17-20页 |
| 1．2 General Functions of Metaphors and The Clarification of Their Cultural Contexts | 第20-22页 |
| 1．3 Implications of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis | 第22-24页 |
| 1．4 The Source of Linguistic data | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Two． Metaphors and Contemporary American Politics | 第25-63页 |
| 2．1 Functions of Metaphors in Contemporary American Politics | 第25-48页 |
| 2．1．1 Functions of Metaphors in American Political Discourses and Debates | 第26-36页 |
| 2．1．2 Functions of Political Metaphors in Political Propaganda | 第36-38页 |
| 2．1．3 Metaphors Employed for Filtering Information | 第38-41页 |
| 2．1．4 Metaphors and American Gulf War | 第41-48页 |
| 2．2 Cultural Traits in Contemporary American Political Metaphors | 第48-63页 |
| 2．2．1 Ironic Tone in Political Metaphors | 第48-53页 |
| 2．2．2 American ”Populace Consciousness” Revealed in Political Metaphors | 第53-57页 |
| 2．2．3 Political Struggles and American Ambitions Revealed in Political Metaphors | 第57-63页 |
| Chapter Three Metaphors and Contemporary American Economy | 第63-91页 |
| 3．1 The Gradual Recognition of the Importance of Metaphors in Economy | 第63-66页 |
| 3．2 The Impact of Metaphors on Contemporary American Economic Development | 第66-72页 |
| 3．2．1 Functions of Economic Metaphors in Economic Policies | 第66-69页 |
| 3．2．2 New Ideas Ignited by Metaphors | 第69-71页 |
| 3．2．3 Negative Effect of Metaphors | 第71-72页 |
| 3．3 Cultural Traits of Contemporary Economic Metaphors | 第72-91页 |
| 3．3．1 The Political Impact on Economic Metaphors | 第72-75页 |
| 3．3．2 The Organic Metaphor Orientation | 第75-84页 |
| 3．3．3 The ”Populace Consciousness” in Economic Metaphors | 第84-86页 |
| 3．3．4 The Impact of Technological Development on Metaphors | 第86-91页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第91-96页 |
