| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Empirical Research Abroad | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous Empirical Research at Home | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purposes and Significance of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation | 第17-24页 |
| ·Time and Space | 第17-18页 |
| ·Metaphor and the Metaphoric Structuring View | 第18-20页 |
| ·Spatio-temporal Metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Two Systems for Sequencing Events | 第20-22页 |
| ·Ego-moving Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Time-moving Metaphor | 第22页 |
| ·Structure Mapping Model and Metaphorical Consistency Effect | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第24-32页 |
| ·Subjects | 第24页 |
| ·Instruments | 第24-29页 |
| ·Pretest | 第25-26页 |
| ·Cross Modal Experiment | 第26-28页 |
| ·Students'Scores in CET4 | 第28-29页 |
| ·Procedure | 第29-32页 |
| ·Warming-up Exercise | 第29页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第29-30页 |
| ·Data Analytical Methods | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussion | 第32-55页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis of Data | 第32-47页 |
| ·Results of Pretest | 第32-36页 |
| ·Results of Cross Modal Experiment | 第36-42页 |
| ·Accuracy in Cross Modal Experiment | 第37-39页 |
| ·Reaction Time in Cross Modal Experiment | 第39-41页 |
| ·Accuracy and Reaction Time for Overall Time-moving Metaphors and Ego-moving Metaphors | 第41-42页 |
| ·Correlations between Students'Test Performance and Their CET4 Performance | 第42-47页 |
| ·Correlation between Accuracy and Students'CET4 Scores | 第43-45页 |
| ·Correlation between Reaction Time and Students'CET4 Scores | 第45-47页 |
| ·Discussion | 第47-55页 |
| ·Conceptualization Primacy in English Spatio-temporal Metaphors for Chinese Learners | 第48-49页 |
| ·Effects of English Metaphor Consistency on Chinese Learners | 第49-51页 |
| ·Effects of English Proficiency on Chinese Learners'Cognition of English Spatio-temporal Metaphors | 第51-52页 |
| ·Effects of Chinese Learners'Mother Language on Their Conceptualization of Time in English | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Pedagogic Implications | 第56-57页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第57-58页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第58-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第63-64页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第64-66页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第66-69页 |
| Papers Published During MA Study | 第69-70页 |