| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Study Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose and Significances of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Study Approaches | 第13-14页 |
| ·Hypothesis of the Study Paper | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-23页 |
| ·Study Abroad | 第16-19页 |
| ·Study at Home | 第19-23页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Basis | 第23-45页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第23-31页 |
| ·The Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第23-24页 |
| ·Explanatory Power of Metaphor on Euphemisms | 第24-28页 |
| ·Features of the Euphemisms Formed by Metaphor | 第28-31页 |
| ·Conceptual Blending Theory | 第31-35页 |
| ·Introduction on Blending Theory | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Explanatory Power of CI Theory on Euphemisms | 第33-35页 |
| ·Euphemism | 第35-45页 |
| ·Definition of Euphemism | 第35-36页 |
| ·Principles of Euphemism | 第36-38页 |
| ·Classification of Euphemism | 第38-45页 |
| Chapter Four Contrast between English Euphemism and Chinese Euphemism | 第45-72页 |
| ·Generalization of English and Chinese Euphemism | 第45-59页 |
| ·Definition of English and Chinese Euphemism | 第45-49页 |
| ·Formation of English and Chinese Euphemism | 第49-59页 |
| ·Historical and Cultural Background of English and Chinese Euphemism | 第59-68页 |
| ·Historical and Cultural Background of English Euphemism | 第60-64页 |
| ·Historical and Cultural Background of Chinese Euphemism | 第64-68页 |
| ·Social Mental Understanding of English and Chinese Euphemism | 第68-72页 |
| ·Sense of Shame | 第69页 |
| ·Sense of Bashfulness | 第69页 |
| ·Pursuing Good Fortune and Avoiding Calamity | 第69-70页 |
| ·Sense of Fear and Anxiety | 第70页 |
| ·Psychological Distance | 第70-71页 |
| ·Psychological Association | 第71-72页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Case Study of Euphemistic Expressions of Death inBoth English and Chinese | 第72-89页 |
| ·All the Chinese and English Death Euphemisms | 第72-85页 |
| ·English Death Euphemisms | 第72-80页 |
| ·Chinese Death Euphemisms | 第80-85页 |
| ·The Contrast between Chinese Death Euphemisms and English DeathEuphemisms | 第85-89页 |
| ·Similarities | 第86-87页 |
| ·Differences | 第87-89页 |
| Chapter Six The Construction of the Processing Mechanism of English andChinese Euphemisms from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics | 第89-93页 |
| ·Processing Mechanism Model | 第89-90页 |
| ·Analysis of the Constituents of the Model | 第90-92页 |
| ·Analysis on the Operation of the Processing Mechanism in terms of“agent” | 第92-93页 |
| Conclusion | 第93-96页 |
| Bibliography | 第96-98页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间所发表的学术论文 | 第98-100页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第100页 |
