| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-22页 |
| 1.1 Previous Studies on Idioms | 第11-15页 |
| 1.2 Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| 1.3 Methodology of the Study | 第16-21页 |
| 1.3.1 Criteria of Data Collection | 第16-19页 |
| 1.3.2 Data Collection and Description | 第19-21页 |
| 1.4 Structure of the Thesis | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第22-36页 |
| 2.1 Conceptual Metonymy Built upon Idealized Cognitive Model (ICM) | 第22-26页 |
| 2.1.1 Lakoff s Idealized Cognitive Model | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.2 Conceptual Metonymy | 第23-26页 |
| 2.2 Kovecses's Cognitive Mechanisms for Idiom Motivation | 第26-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Motivation for Idioms | 第26页 |
| 2.2.2 Idiom Motivation Based on Conceptual Metonymy | 第26-31页 |
| 2.3 Principles Governing the Selection of the Preferred Vehicle and Target | 第31-36页 |
| 2.3.1 Cognitive Principle | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.2 Communicative Principle | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE MOTIVATION CONTRAST IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE BODY-PART IDIOMS FROM COGNITIVE MECHANISMS | 第36-56页 |
| 3.1 Similarities and Differences of E-C HEAD Idioms | 第36-39页 |
| 3.2 Similarities and Differences of E-C EYE Idioms | 第39-42页 |
| 3.3 Similarities and Differences of E-C FACE Idioms | 第42-44页 |
| 3.4 Similarities and Differences of E-C MOUTH Idioms | 第44-45页 |
| 3.5 Similarities and Differences of E-C HAND Idioms | 第45-48页 |
| 3.6 Similarities and Differences of E-C FOOT Idioms | 第48-49页 |
| 3.7 Similarities and Differences of E-C HEART Idioms | 第49-51页 |
| 3.8 Similarities and Differences of E-C BODY Idioms | 第51-52页 |
| 3.9 Similarities and Differences of E-C BONE Idioms | 第52-56页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR COGNITIVE AND COMMUNICATIVE INTERPRETATION OF SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE BODY-PART IDIOMS | 第56-63页 |
| 4.1 Cognitive Explanations for Similar and Different Motivations for the Idiom Metonymies | 第56-60页 |
| 4.1.1 Experiential Determinants for English and Chinese Body-part Idiomatic Metonymies | 第56-58页 |
| 4.1.2 Cultural Determinants for English and Chinese Body-part Idiomatic Metonymies | 第58-60页 |
| 4.2 Communicative Explanations for Similar and Different Motivations for the Idiom Metonymies | 第60-63页 |
| 4.2.1 Clarity Principle for English and Chinese Body-part Idiomatic Metonymies | 第60-61页 |
| 4.2.2 Relevant Principle for English and Chinese Body-part Idiomatic Metonymies | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第63-65页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第65-70页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第70-71页 |
| Appendix A Radden and Kovecses's Metonymic Mechanisms | 第71-74页 |
| Appendix B English Body-part Idioms | 第74-86页 |
| Appendix C Chinese Body-part Idioms | 第86-97页 |
| PAPER PUBLISHED DURING MA STUDIES | 第97页 |
