| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| ·Object of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Problems with existing studies | 第12页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Notes on methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Arrangement of the thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter Two The current study on language universals | 第14-19页 |
| ·Introduction | 第14页 |
| ·Greenberg’s cross-linguistic view of language universals | 第14-15页 |
| ·Chomsky’s mentalism view of language universals | 第15-16页 |
| ·Cognitive approach to language universals | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Three An overview of metaphor in cognitive linguistics | 第19-31页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19页 |
| ·The cognitive nature of metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The experiential basis of metaphor | 第20-22页 |
| ·The image-schema | 第22-27页 |
| ·The Invariance Principle | 第27-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four Language Universals based on conceptual metaphors | 第31-69页 |
| ·Introduction | 第31页 |
| ·Language universals based on spatial metaphors | 第31-38页 |
| ·QUANTITY of something | 第33页 |
| ·SOCIAL HIERARCHY of people or organization | 第33-35页 |
| ·Time as space | 第35页 |
| ·STATES of people, objects or events | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary | 第37-38页 |
| ·Language universals based on time metaphors | 第38-42页 |
| ·Time as space | 第38-39页 |
| ·Time as money metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Time as container metaphor | 第40-41页 |
| ·Time as person metaphor | 第41-42页 |
| ·Summary | 第42页 |
| ·language universals based on Emotion metaphors | 第42-52页 |
| ·HAPPINESS metaphors between English and Chinese | 第43-45页 |
| ·ANGER metaphors between English and Chinese | 第45-47页 |
| ·SADNESS metaphors between English and Chinese | 第47-49页 |
| ·FEAR metaphors between English and Chinese | 第49-52页 |
| ·Language Universals based on body metaphors | 第52-63页 |
| ·Features of body metaphors | 第54-56页 |
| ·Mapping models of body metaphors | 第56-62页 |
| ·Mapping from body-part domain to concrete object domain | 第57-59页 |
| ·Mapping from body part to abstract object domain | 第59-61页 |
| ·Mapping from one body part to another | 第61页 |
| ·Mapping from non-body part domain to body-part domain | 第61-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| ·Language universals based on basic color metaphors | 第63-69页 |
| ·Mapping models of color metaphors | 第64-66页 |
| ·The double cognitive functions of basic color metaphors | 第66-67页 |
| ·Summary | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第69-74页 |
| ·The summary of the thesis | 第69-70页 |
| ·Some findings of the study | 第70-71页 |
| ·The significance in conceptual metaphor theory | 第71页 |
| ·Some implications of the study | 第71-73页 |
| ·The implication in the teaching of culture | 第71-72页 |
| ·The implication in the teaching of translation | 第72页 |
| ·The implication in the teaching of vocabulary | 第72-73页 |
| ·Limitation of the thesis and directions for further study | 第73-74页 |
| REFERENCES | 第74-77页 |
