| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-12页 |
| ·OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF THIS STUDY | 第9-10页 |
| ·MOTIVATIONS FOR THIS STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·STRUCTURE OF THIS THESIS | 第11-12页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第12-26页 |
| ·DISCUSSION OF KEY TERMS IN THIS STUDY | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of idiom | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of numerical idiom | 第13页 |
| ·REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES | 第13-24页 |
| ·Previous studies about Chinese idioms | 第13-14页 |
| ·Previous studies about English idioms | 第14-20页 |
| ·Previous comparative studies between Chinese and English idioms | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous studies about Chinese numerical idioms | 第22页 |
| ·Previous studies about English numerical idioms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous comparative studies between Chinese and English numerical idioms | 第23-24页 |
| ·THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY | 第24-26页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS STUDY | 第26-28页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF COMPARATIVE STUDY | 第26页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 第26-27页 |
| ·THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THIS STUDY | 第27-28页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE NUMERICAL IDIOMS AND ENGLISH NUMERICAL IDIOMS | 第28-57页 |
| ·PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH NUMERICAL IDIOMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS | 第28-34页 |
| ·Phonological differences | 第28-33页 |
| ·Interpretations for these differences | 第33-34页 |
| ·STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH NUMERICAL IDIOMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS | 第34-38页 |
| ·Structural differences | 第34-37页 |
| ·Interpretations for these differences | 第37-38页 |
| ·SEMANTIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH NUMERICAL IDIOMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS | 第38-44页 |
| ·Semantic differences | 第38-43页 |
| ·Interpretations for these differences | 第43-44页 |
| ·CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH NUMERICAL IDIOMS AND THEIR INTERPRETATIONS | 第44-57页 |
| ·Cultural differences | 第44-55页 |
| ·Interpretations for these differences | 第55-57页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第57-60页 |
| ·MAJOR FINDINGS | 第57-58页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STUDY | 第58页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY | 第58-59页 |
| ·RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-65页 |
| 攻读硕士期间正式发表的文章 | 第65页 |
