| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Research Background | 第9页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-28页 |
| ·An Overview of Metaphor Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Aristotle's comparison theory | 第12-13页 |
| ·Quintilian's substitution theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Richards and Max Black's interaction thleory | 第14页 |
| ·Contemporary View:Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第14-20页 |
| ·Definition of conceptual metaphor | 第15页 |
| ·Philosophical basis and working mechanism of conceptual metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·Image schema | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classifcations of conceptual metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第20页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Conceptual Metaphors in Economic Discourses | 第20-28页 |
| ·Studies of economic metaphors abroad | 第21-24页 |
| ·Economists' researches on economic metaphors | 第21-22页 |
| ·Linguists'researches on economic metaphors | 第22-24页 |
| ·Studies of economic metaphors at home | 第24-28页 |
| ·Studies on economic metaphor itself | 第24-25页 |
| ·Translation of economic metaphors | 第25-26页 |
| ·Comparative studies of economic metaphors in Chinese and English | 第26页 |
| ·Economic metaphors and teaching | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology and Metaphor Patterns in the Data | 第28-31页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第28页 |
| ·Identification of Metaphorical Expressions and Calculation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Metaphor Patterns in the Data | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four Metaphorical Analyses of Economic Discourses | 第31-41页 |
| ·Spatial Metaphor | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metaphor of War | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metaphor of Human Being | 第33-36页 |
| ·Metaphor of Journey | 第36-38页 |
| ·Metaphor of Game | 第38-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter Five Pragmatic Functions of Economic Metaphors | 第41-52页 |
| ·Influence of Economic Metaphors on Culture | 第41-43页 |
| ·Influence of economic metaphors on the promotion of culture | 第41-42页 |
| ·Influence of economic metaphors on policy-making | 第42-43页 |
| ·Adoption of Economic Metaphors in the Translation of Economic Text | 第43-46页 |
| ·Heuristics of Economic Metaphors to the Writing of Economic Text | 第46-50页 |
| ·Heuristics of economic metaphors to the choice of vocabulary | 第46-48页 |
| ·Heuristics of concept metaphors to the diversity of sentence expressions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Heuristics of conceptual metaphor to discourse coherence | 第49-50页 |
| ·Heuristics of Economic Metaphors to the Learning of Economic Vocabulary | 第50-52页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第52-54页 |
| ·General Summary | 第52页 |
| ·Limitations | 第52-53页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Studies | 第53-54页 |
| References | 第54-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57-67页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第67页 |