| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background to the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aims of the research | 第12-13页 |
| ·Lay out of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·The definition and classification of conceptual metaphor | 第15-18页 |
| ·The definition of conceptual metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·The classification of conceptual metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·The structural metaphor | 第16页 |
| ·The Orientational Metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Ontological Metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·The main characteristics of conceptual metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·The pervasiveness of metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·The systematicity of metaphor | 第19-20页 |
| ·The working mechanism of conceptual metaphors:cross domain-mapping | 第20-22页 |
| ·The cross-domain mapping | 第20-21页 |
| ·The foundation of the cross-domain mapping:experiential similarity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor abroad | 第22-24页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor at home | 第24-25页 |
| ·Image schema and Langacker's trajector-landmark theory | 第25-28页 |
| ·Image schema | 第25-26页 |
| ·Langacker's trajector-landmark theory | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter Three Research Methodology | 第28-36页 |
| ·Corpus and corpus linguistics | 第28-30页 |
| ·The use of BNC and CCL | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research questions | 第31-32页 |
| ·Data collection and classification | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Four Results and Discussion | 第36-63页 |
| ·The image schematic concept of UP/DOWN and SHANG/XIA | 第36-40页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of UP/DOWN and SHANG/XIA | 第40-57页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of QUANTITY of SHANG/XIA and UP/DOWN | 第42-46页 |
| ·INCREASE/DESCREASE IN NUMBER IS UP/DOWN AND SHANG/XIA | 第42-44页 |
| ·INCREASE/DESCREASE IN DEGREE IS UP/DOWN AND SHANG/XIA | 第44-46页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of SOCIAL HIERACHY of SHANG/XIA and UP/DOWN | 第46-49页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of TIME of SHANG/XIA and UP/DOWN | 第49-53页 |
| ·TIME PASSING IS MOTION ALONG HORIZONTAL AXIS | 第50-51页 |
| ·TIME PASSING IS MOTION ALONG VERTICAL AXIS | 第51-53页 |
| ·Contrastive analysis of STATE of SHANG/XIA and UP/DOWN | 第53-57页 |
| ·Causes of the similarities and differences | 第57-63页 |
| ·Causes of the similarities | 第58-60页 |
| ·Common embodied bodily experience:physical basis for the cognitive metaphor | 第58-59页 |
| ·Common embodied imagination:mental basis for the cognitive metaphor | 第59-60页 |
| ·Causes for the differences:different cultural patterns | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第63-66页 |
| ·Major findings | 第63-64页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and suggestions for the further researches | 第64-66页 |
| References | 第66-68页 |
