| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Methodology and Data Collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·News Headline Defined | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Metaphor | 第17-21页 |
| ·Traditional Views | 第17-18页 |
| ·Pragmatic View | 第18-19页 |
| ·Cognitive View | 第19-21页 |
| ·Study of Newspaper Headlines with Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-36页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第24-25页 |
| ·The main features of conceptual metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Ubiquity | 第25-26页 |
| ·Systematicity | 第26-27页 |
| ·Coherence | 第27页 |
| ·The Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-30页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第29页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism | 第30-36页 |
| ·Mapping | 第30-32页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in the Headlines on the Employmentof Chinese College Students | 第36-70页 |
| ·Structural Metaphors in the Headlines on the Employment of Chinese College Students and Their Experiential Background | 第36-49页 |
| ·Single Structural Metaphor | 第37-45页 |
| ·Compound Structural Metaphor | 第45-49页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphors in the Headlines on the Employment of Chinese College Students and Their Experiential Background | 第49-62页 |
| ·Entity and Substance Metaphor | 第50-54页 |
| ·Personification | 第54-58页 |
| ·Container Metaphor | 第58-62页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphors in the Headlines on the Employment of Chinese College Students and Their Experiential Background | 第62-70页 |
| ·Up-Down Orientational Metaphor | 第62-68页 |
| ·Front-Back Orientational Metaphor | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第70-71页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions | 第71-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-76页 |
