| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of this research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| ·The approach combining description and explanation | 第10页 |
| ·The approach of contrastive analysis | 第10-11页 |
| ·The aim of this thesis | 第11页 |
| ·Organization structure of this thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| ·Previous Study of Plant Words Abroad and at Home | 第12-14页 |
| ·Summary of Previous study of plant metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第15-28页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第15-23页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The universality and Cultural Relativity of Conceptual Metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphors | 第21-23页 |
| ·Image Schema Theory | 第23-26页 |
| ·Comprehension of Image Schema | 第23-25页 |
| ·Main Classification of Image Schemas | 第25-26页 |
| ·Image Schema in Conceptual Metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Contrastive Study of Plant Metaphors between Chinese and English | 第28-57页 |
| ·Cognitive Study of Plant Metaphors | 第29页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Plant Metaphors | 第29-32页 |
| ·Classification of Plant Metaphors in Chinese and English | 第32-46页 |
| ·Nominal Plant Metaphors in Chinese and English | 第32-42页 |
| ·Verbal Plant Metaphors in Chinese and English | 第42-45页 |
| ·Adjective Plant Metaphors in Chinese and English | 第45-46页 |
| ·Similarities of Differences of plant metaphors between Chinese and English | 第46-48页 |
| ·Similarities of Plant Metaphors between Chinese and English | 第46-47页 |
| ·Differences of Plant Metaphors between Chinese and English | 第47-48页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of the Similarities and Differences of plant metaphors between Chinese and English | 第48-54页 |
| ·Cognitive Universality | 第49页 |
| ·Cultural Relativity | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Application to the Foreign Language Learning | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-62页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文及科研成果 | 第62-63页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第63-64页 |
