| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-11页 |
| ·Purpose of this study | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research methodology and data collection | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the whole thesis | 第10-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Current Studies on Taste Metaphors and the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor | 第11-15页 |
| ·Introduction | 第11页 |
| ·Studies on diet Metaphors at home and abroad | 第11-12页 |
| ·Studies on food metaphors | 第11-12页 |
| ·Studies on way-of-eating metaphors | 第12页 |
| ·Theory of conceptual metaphor | 第12-14页 |
| ·Definition of conceptual metaphor | 第12-13页 |
| ·Metaphor as a set of mappings | 第13页 |
| ·Working mechanism and functions of metaphor | 第13-14页 |
| ·Summary | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 3 Analysis of Taste Metaphors | 第15-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第15页 |
| ·Characteristics of the senses of taste | 第15页 |
| ·Taste metaphors | 第15-21页 |
| ·Taste perceptual process | 第15-17页 |
| ·Mapping onto abstract feeling domain | 第16-17页 |
| ·Mapping onto material world domain | 第17页 |
| ·Taste perceptual function | 第17-20页 |
| ·Mapping onto the percipient domain | 第17-18页 |
| ·Mapping onto affective domain | 第18-20页 |
| ·Taste perceptual organs | 第20-21页 |
| ·Mapping onto the language domain | 第20-21页 |
| ·Mapping onto concrete object domain | 第21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 4 Similarities and Differences of English and Chinese Taste Metaphors | 第23-46页 |
| ·Introduction | 第23页 |
| ·Similarities of English and Chinese metaphors and tentative explanation | 第23-36页 |
| ·Similarities | 第23-34页 |
| ·Analysis of “sour” and its metaphorical mapping | 第23-25页 |
| ·Analysis of “sweet” and its metaphorical mapping | 第25-28页 |
| ·Analysis of “bitter” and its metaphorical mapping | 第28-31页 |
| ·Analysis of “peppery” and its metaphorical mapping | 第31-34页 |
| ·Reasons for the similarities | 第34-36页 |
| ·Physical and psychological foundation | 第35-36页 |
| ·Cognitive mechanism | 第36页 |
| ·Differences of English and Chinese and tentative explanation | 第36-45页 |
| ·Differences of English and Chinese taste metaphors | 第36-45页 |
| ·Different metaphorical mappings of “sour” in Chinese and English | 第37-40页 |
| ·Different metaphorical mappings of “sweet” in Chinese and English | 第40-41页 |
| ·Different metaphorical mappings of “bitter” in Chinese and English | 第41-43页 |
| ·Different metaphorical mappings of “peppery” in Chinese and English | 第43-45页 |
| ·Tentative explanation of the differences | 第45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第46页 |
| ·Implication of the study | 第46-47页 |
| ·Limitations of this study and prospects for future research | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第51-52页 |
| Publication | 第52页 |
