| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| 0.1 Background of This Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| 0.2 Objectives of This Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| 0.3 Significance of This Thesis | 第15-16页 |
| 0.4 Layout of This Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第17-23页 |
| 1.1 Previous Studies on English Temperature Adjectives | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 Previous Studies on Chinese Temperature Adjectives | 第19-20页 |
| 1.3 Previous Studies on Contrast of Temperature Adjectives in Englishand Chinese | 第20-21页 |
| 1.4 Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Foundation | 第23-35页 |
| 2.1 Construction Grammar Theory | 第23-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Some Construction Grammar Approaches | 第23-26页 |
| 2.1.2 Coercion | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第27-30页 |
| 2.2.1 Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Conceptual Mapping | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3 Conceptual Metonymy Theory | 第30-33页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition of Conceptual Metonymy | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3.2 Metonymic mapping | 第31-33页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Three Grammatical Analyses of Basic Temperature Adjectives | 第35-57页 |
| 3.1 Morphological Features of Basic Temperature Adjectives inEnglish and Chinese | 第35-38页 |
| 3.1.1 Morphological Features of Basic Temperature Adjectives inEnglish | 第35-36页 |
| 3.1.2 Morphological Features of Basic Temperature Adjectives inChinese | 第36-38页 |
| 3.2 Constructions of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English andChinese | 第38-53页 |
| 3.2.1 The Prototypical Constructions and Metaphorical Extension | 第38-43页 |
| 3.2.2 Constructions of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English | 第43-48页 |
| 3.2.3 Constructions of Basic Temperature Adjectives in Chinese | 第48-53页 |
| 3.3 Motivations for the Grammatical Similarities and Differences | 第53-55页 |
| 3.4 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Four Semantic Analyses of Basic Temperature Adjectives inEnglish and Chinese | 第57-115页 |
| 4.1 The Identification of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English andChinese | 第57-60页 |
| 4.1.1 The Identification of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English | 第57-59页 |
| 4.1.2 The Identification of Basic Temperature Adjectives in Chinese | 第59-60页 |
| 4.2 Basic Meanings of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English andChinese | 第60-64页 |
| 4.2.1 Basic Meanings of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English | 第61-63页 |
| 4.2.2 Basic Meanings of Basic Temperature Adjectives in Chinese | 第63-64页 |
| 4.3 Metaphors and Metonymies underlying Extended Meanings ofBasic Temperature Adjectives in English and Chinese | 第64-102页 |
| 4.3.1 Shared Metaphors and Metonymies underlying Extended Meanings ofBasic Temperature Adjectives in English and Chinese | 第65-81页 |
| 4.3.2 Specific Metaphors and Metonymies underlying ExtendedMeanings of Basic Temperature Adjectives in English | 第81-89页 |
| 4.3.3 Specific Metaphors and Metonymies underlying ExtendedMeanings of Basic Temperature Adjectives in Chinese | 第89-102页 |
| 4.4 Motivations for the Semantic Similarities and Differences betweenBasic Temperature Adjectives in English and Chinese | 第102-113页 |
| 4.4.1 Motivations from the Perspective of Language Itself | 第105-108页 |
| 4.4.2 Motivations from the Perspective of the Physical World | 第108-111页 |
| 4.4.3 Motivations from the Perspective of Culture | 第111-113页 |
| 4.5 Summary | 第113-115页 |
| Conclusion | 第115-119页 |
| Bibliography | 第119-127页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第127-129页 |
